Synopsis
After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks on a fantastical journey of discovery which helps her come to terms with this newfound loss.
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Cast
- Joséphine SanzNelly
- Gabrielle SanzMarion
- Nina MeurisseThe Mother
- Stéphane VarupenneThe Father
- Margot AbascalThe Grandmother
- Florès CardoLady in Retirement Home
- Josée SchullerLady in Retirement Home
- Guylène PéanLady in Retirement Home
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
Céline Sciamma’s beautiful fairytale reverie is occasioned by the dual mysteries of memory and the future: simple, elegant and very moving. - 100
TheWrap
It’s particularly resonant, packed with emotion and insight that will move the director’s admirers (who should consider watching it alongside their own children) and probably garner her some new ones. - 100
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Quiet and reverent, as if filmed entirely in hushed tones, Sciamma’s film is supremely confident in its every element. - 91
The Film Stage
Petite Maman is, amongst other things, a beautiful ode to mother-daughter love and a melancholy acknowledgment of the distance that always exists in that relationship, when both parties are separated by age and responsibility. - 91
IndieWire
The result is at once both the most ordinary and most enchanted thing that Sciamma has made so far, a wise and delicate wisp of a movie. - 90
Screen Daily
Like its dappled forested backdrop, the film is a thing of pensive beauty rather than volatile drama. - 90
Variety
In their children, parents often see reflections of the kids they once were. But daughters can’t access those same memories without a little magic. And that’s just what Petite Maman delivers: the spell that makes such a reunion possible, if only in our imaginations. - 90
Screen Rant
Petite Maman is the kind of film that lays itself bare without ever being over-the-top, shaping itself into a story that lingers in one’s memory for a while after it’s over.
