Petite Maman

Drama, Fantasy Rated: PG 72 min
Saturday, June 25
1:00pm
Play

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 (2019), the uniquely emotional Petite Maman. Following the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-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.

Petite Maman is what every film should be: powerfully, even arrestingly original; grounded in emotional truth; hyper-specific; deeply universal; strange; mesmerizing; and not a minute longer than necessary.” — Michael O'Sullivan , Washington Post
“It’s perfect.” — Manohla Dargis , New York Times
directed by
Céline Sciamma
written by
Céline Sciamma
with
Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse
language
French (with English subtitles)
country
France