Synopsis
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
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Cast
- Gaspard SchlatterCourgette (voice)
- Sixtine MuratCamille (voice)
- Paulin JaccoudSimon (voice)
- Michel VuillermozRaymond (voice)
- Raul RiberaAhmed (voice)
- Estelle HennardAlice (voice)
- Elliot SanchezJujube (voice)
- Lou WickBéatrice (voice)
- Brigitte RossetAunt Ida (voice)
- Natacha KoutchoumovCourgette's Mother (voice)
Recommendations
- 90
Screen Daily
A compact triumph of stop-motion animation in the service of a bittersweet tale, My Life As A Courgette (My Vie de Courgette) is as delightful as it is affecting. - 90
Variety
On one hand, the cartoon is never afraid to be cute, but more importantly, it’s committed to being real. - 90
Time
My Life as a Zucchini is so warm, so alive, that we forget we're watching cartoon figures. And when they belong to us, they're no longer orphans. - 83
The Film Stage
Its child’s viewpoint and pastel-colored animation belies a cruel melancholy at the heart of My Life as a Courgette, as all its children lust for a life that is different from their own. - 83
The Playlist
What one takes away from My Life As a Courgette might be a casually simple and forward affair, but a deeper, more considered look at Barras’ moving tale reveals an emotional resonance and non-saccharine uplift that is mostly rare in today’s animation world. Consider it a diamond in the rough. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
What sets Courgette apart is the constant attention to how each incident and experience influences and builds character, which is how these children can slowly ease themselves into their future grown-up selves. - 80
Time Out
The main reason to commit to this movie’s tough story of orphan loneliness is the screenplay by Céline Sciamma, herself a major French talent devoted to tales of youthful resilience. (Her 2014 film "Girlhood" is breathtaking.) - 75
Slant Magazine
The film circumvents bleakness with a thoroughgoing commitment to understanding and intimacy.
