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My Life as a Courgette

Animation

On one hand, the cartoon is never afraid to be cute, but more importantly, it’s committed to being real.

Variety
  • Archive - Festival 32
  • Director: Claude Barras
  • Switzerland, France 2016
  • 66 minutes
  • French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

After his mother’s sudden death, 9-year-old Courgette is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies the boy to a foster home filled with other orphans his age. Courgette struggles at first to find his place in this strange, at times hostile, environment. With Raymond’s help and his newfound friends, Courgette eventually learns to trust and finds true love.

"A compact triumph of stop-motion animation in the service of a bittersweet tale, My Life as a Courgette is as delightful as it is affecting" - Screen Daily.
Feature Debut | Age: 12+


  • Director Claude Barras
  • Production Max Karli, Pauline Gygax, Armelle Glorennec, Eric Jacquot, Marc Bonny
  • Script Céline Sciamma, inspired by the book by Gilles Paris
  • Cinematography David Toutevoix
  • Editing Valentin Rotelli
  • Music Sophie Hunger
  • Festivals Cannes, Annecy (Best Film Award, Audience Award)
  • Source Indie Sales, Paris
  • Voices Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud, Michel Vuillermoz

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