Céline Sciamma
Petite maman
Classics
73'
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2021
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Fantasy, Drama
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Dialogue:
French
Director:
Céline Sciamma
Composer:
Jean-Baptiste de Laubier
With:
Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse
After Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, French filmmaker Céline Sciamma enchants again with the modern fairytale Petite maman. A gem that invites you to reminisce together, cry softly and heal slowly.
Céline Sciamma continues to prove herself as one of the most accomplished and unpredictable contemporary French filmmakers with her follow up to Portrait de la jeune fille en feu, 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.
“Whether you are six or sixty, this astonishingly insightful and heartbreakingly hopeful cinematic poem will pierce your heart, broaden your mind and gladden your soul, even as you wipe away tears. (...) A mix of fairytale, ghost story and rites-of-passage journey.” - The Observer
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Between Director's: Céline Sciamma meets Lukas Dhont
Wed 12.10 - 19:00 - Kinepolis 8
Two directors of sensitive queer cinema meet. After the screening of her latest feature Petite maman, French director Céline Sciamma will talk to Lukas Dhont, whose sophomore film Close is our opening film. Sciamma is best known for her ardent and heartbreaking 18th-century love story Portrait de la jeune fille en feu. Both filmmakers have made films that brim with sexuality, queerness and the intricacies of human relationships.
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Credits
Director
Céline Sciamma
Composer
Jean-Baptiste de Laubier
With
Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse
Scenario
Céline Sciamma
Director of Photography
Claire Mathon
Editor
Julien Lacheray
Producer
Bénédicte Couvreur
Production studios
Lilies Films
Distributor
Cinéart
More information
Dialogue
French
Countries of production
France
Year
2021
Filmography
Céline Sciamma
Water Lilies (2007), Pauline (short, 2010), Tomboy (2011), Girlhood (2014), La Coupe Bernard Tapine (short, 2018), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), Petite Maman (2021)
