PETITE MAMAN
PETITE MAMAN

A film by Céline Sciamma

PETITE MAMAN

SYNOPSIS

Céline Sciamma continues to prove herself as one of the most accomplished and unpredictable contemporary French filmmakers with her follow up to PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, the uniquely emotional, PETITE MAMAN. Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to her mother’s childhood home to begin the difficult process of cleaning out its contents. As Nelly explores the house and nearby woods, she is immediately drawn to a neighbor her own age building a treehouse. What follows is a tender tale of childhood grief, memory and connection. Subtitled in English

CREDITS

Director

Céline Sciamma

Cast

Joséphine Sanz

Gabrielle Sanz

Nina Meurisse

Stéphane Varupenne

Writer

Céline Sciamma

Genre

Drama, Family

Language

French w/ English Subtitles

Rating

PG

Runtime

1h 13m

A Statement by

Céline Sciamma

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“This film is a new approach to the time travel story. An intimate journey where the issue at stake is neither the future nor the past, but shared time. A journey without machines or vehicles. The film itself is the machine and, more precisely, its editing. A cut teleports the characters and brings them together. Opting for magical cinema means committing to extreme precision within a nonetheless imaginary cartography.”

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TRAILER

GALLERY

— The Guardian

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