2016 ‘Ma vie de courgette’ Directed by Claude Barras
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.
A zucchini has no real flavour of its own. When combined with the right ingredients and treated properly it takes on all flavours surrounding it, thus becoming part of the whole.
This is a metaphor, I'm not suggesting you should eat children.
Also watch this film. And be good to those you love.
And to those you don't love.
Just watch this film ok?
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Consider myself floored, especially by its minimal runtime (70 minutes) and how it still manages to juggle the flow of childhood language, implications of the harrowing, and young, lost groups being revitalized by their respective traumas throughout an isolated, rudimentary setup. I can't praise this little movie enough. So many feels, so many truths, and yet always moving along a nice, quiet stream of compassion and kindness, never over-stuffing itself or settling for less.
wow that scene in the snow,
when they're looking up at
the moon -- what a moment.
It warmed the very cockles of my heart. My Life as a Zucchini shows you don't have to choose between tackling heavy subject matter and being kid-friendly.
English title: My life as a courgette.
Best thing: Quite a sweet little story.
Worst thing: Feels a bit contrived and not particularly exciting as a story. To engage me with a real life drama you need some really engaging characters. I felt less like I was sharing in the experience of orphaned children and more like I was watching an educational programme about what kinds of issues orphaned children might face.
With so many animated movies now successfully catering to the whole family, I think film critics perhaps sometimes forget to warn us that an animated film is genuinely only intended for children for a change. And who can blame me for expecting a cartoon for adults. With the…
I was so sad, then I was so happy!!
I cried a little. It's very sad, this is real life for some kids. ♡
It was also happiness, heartwarming. Family.
Watched this instead of reviewing for my Chemistry finals. I don't know if I cried about this film or my doomed impending score on my exam.
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this might be one of the best if not the best stop motion movie i've ever seen ... it's so sad and touching, i love it so much
(btw that black metal poster tho ???)
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It was hard but I put a stop at 99 minutes (constantly updated)
