My Life as a Courgette
Ma vie de Courgette
14–
#home #family #friendship
dir. Claude Barras
Switzerland, France 2016 / 66’
Polish subtitles
Switzerland, France 2016 / 66’
Polish subtitles
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the film has received several important awards, including the European Film Award and the César Award? It was also nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Animated Film.
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Following the death of his mother, a boy – nicknamed Courgette – goes to live in an orphanage. There, he meets other children who have had equally painful experiences. Will he find new friends, understanding, and a place he can call home?
Courgette is a nine-year-old boy forced to settle in a new place. At first, it's not easy, by over time he makes friends with other children, who have also had difficult experiences. Thanks to the support of the kind Raymond, Courgette and his new friends find support in each other in the face of life's challenges and learn to care for one another. My Life as a Courgette is a moving puppet animation about the power of friendship. It teaches us that the real family is not only the one you are born into, but the one you choose with your heart.
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implied violence, implied sexual violence, implied drug use
Creators
Director
Claude Barras
Screenplay
Céline Sciamma, Claude Barras, Germano Zullo, Morgan Navarro
Cinematography
David Toutevoix
Editing
Valentin Rotelli
Music
Sophie Hunger
Producers
Armelle Glorennec, Éric Jacquot, Marc Bonny
Production
Rita Productions, Blue Spirit Productions, Gebeka Films, KNM
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