Ma vie de Courgette
Claude Barras
Zucchini is not a vegetable, he's a brave little boy. He thinks he is alone in the world when he loses his mother. But, in the children's home, he meets five other children who all their own stories and are all as hard as they are tender. And then there is Camille. When you're 10, having a group of friends, falling in love, there's lots to discover and learn. And why not, be happy.
With : Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz
Screenplay : Céline Sciamma, Germano Zullo, Claude Barras, Morgan Navarro
Editing : Valentin Rotelli
Music : Sophie Hunger
Image : David Toutevoix
Screenplay : Céline Sciamma, Germano Zullo, Claude Barras, Morgan Navarro
Editing : Valentin Rotelli
Music : Sophie Hunger
Image : David Toutevoix
Production : Rita Productions, Blue Spirit Animation, Gébéka Films
Distribution: Gebeka Films
Distribution: Gebeka Films
A surprise success, Ma vie de Courgette (My Life as a Zucchini) is adapted from Gilles Paris's novel Autobiographie d'une Courgette. “The tone and the story took me back to my childhood and reminded me of my first emotions as a spectator with films such as Les 400 coups (The 400 Blows) or Bambi”, said Claude Barras. The producers invited him to work with Céline Sciamma on the script. “The success of the script also comes from the very delicate treatment of the characters, subtly evoking the darkness of the past to drive them into the light of the burgeoning friendships of the present”, added Claude Barras. The film won the Prix Fondation Gan à la Diffusion in Annecy in 2015.