Little Tickles

2018

1h 43m

Comedy

Drama

List

71%

Tomatometer

7 Reviews

75%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

A woman who was molested as a child by a family friend turns to dance as a way to help her to release her anger.

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Rebecca Harrison

Sight & Sound

A confident and startling debut, Bescond and Métayer's film will make you laugh and cry. It is a compelling and necessary story in the era of #MeToo, and one that will no doubt be important to survivors of abuse as well as film lovers.

Oct 2, 2019

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Jessica Kiang

Variety

This spiky, occasionally soapy but ultimately deeply moving film draws power from its raggedness, making us uncomfortable even beyond the disturbing events it recounts, because its truths refuse to be tidy.

Jul 10, 2018

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Jon Frosch

Hollywood Reporter

A sometimes clumsy, but finally fierce and winning take on a tough topic.

May 16, 2018

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Lisa Nesselson

France24

It is told with verve and bottomless creativity.

Nov 10, 2018

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Jon-Carlos Evans

Black Nerd Problems

By the third act, the balance gives, pulling the film into the realm of television soap opera.

Jun 14, 2018

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Àngel Quintana

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

A tense comedy that progresses progressively towards emptiness. [Full review in Spanish]

May 15, 2018

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Audience Member

Little Tickles is an important film that shows the power childhood sexual abuse has over the victims that often continues long after the events have stopped. Based on Andréa Bescond's prize-winning autobiographical stage play, Little Tickles, effectivrly uses humor, flashbacks, and insertion of current day characters set in the midst of the flashback sequences, think Ghost of Christmas Past and Scrooge, to present the devestation and lifelong shaping and control of Lise abuse so often has with Children. While presented with utmost care and sensitivity, the scenes where the abuse occurs convey the soulless nature that is sexual abuse of a child, and perhaps most importantly depicts the grooming process of both parents and victims.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Synopsis

A woman who was molested as a child by a family friend turns to dance as a way to help her to release her anger.

Director: Andrea Bescond, Éric Métayer
Producer: François Kraus, Denis Pineau-Valencienne, Martin Metz
Screenwriter: Andrea Bescond, Éric Métayer
Production Co: Umedia, Les Films du Kiosque, Orange Studio, France 2 Cinéma
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 43m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)