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.
My Life as a Courgette, La Vida de Calabacín, ぼくの名前はズッキーニ
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?
I didn't know what this movie was about, I just knew it was a) on Netflix b) co-written by Céline Sciamma and c) short. Sold! Should've maybe figured out how much of a tender, feeling movie it would be before I decided to launch into it, though! Absolutely no regrets about it, but this is the second time in 24 hours that I have launched into a movie thinking "let's have some fun" and left with my heart in knots. Starting to feel like I'm subconsciously doing it to myself. Nasty! Not cool!
Every few minutes I told my friends "Thank god you're watching with me or else I'd definitely be crying right now." Then about ten minutes from the…
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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.
I’ve had a rough day today, with the recent typhoon in my country and all, but after watching this, I realized that I have so much to be thankful for. Ma vie de Courgette is a dramedy animation about the life of a young boy sent to a foster home after her mother dies.
The film has a simple, linear story of a boy who understood the concepts of friendship, love, and familial bonds, but what separates it with other films besides its magnificent stop-motion animation is how it handled mature topics of abandonment loneliness, and childhood trauma in the perspective of a child. Its threads a safe yet engaging storyline that showcased the power of innocence and teamwork, making…
wow that scene in the snow,
when they're looking up at
the moon -- what a moment.
When you ask an American where babies come from:
"Babies come from a factory and storks deliver them. And their hair is dyed like the rainbow before delivery!"
When you ask a Frenchman where babies come from:
"Exploding willies."
This movie is a miracle.
