Petite Maman

PG

Released Apr 22, 2022

1 hr. 12 min.

Drama

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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, the uniquely emotional, PETITE MAMAN. Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-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.

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Critics Consensus

Small in narrative scope but deeply impactful, Petite Maman is a delicate, powerfully acted meditation on grief.

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Alec B

An utter delight. Even though it is an extremely short movie, it does manage to capture the slowness of time for children and the ease that they accept a world that is more magical.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/24

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Helen M

Gorgeous film about the acceptance of childhood and that magic for them is as real as anything else. The girls playing Nelly and Marion are beautiful on screen. This is one of my favourite films in a long time. Especially how it frames grief through a child's eye. Magic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/18/24

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Spencer P

Simple and deeply moving for viewers of all ages, "Little Mom" has emotional beauty in the way it positively portrays both the grieving process and hearing family stories.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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CJ S

Perfectly splendid. I adored this. A potential new favourite. "Secrets aren't necessarily things we try to hide. There's just no one to tell them to."

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Laina C

A minimalistic masterpiece. So simple, yet so powerful.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/29/23

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M

Es sutil pero logra penetrar tus emociones y ganarse un lugarcito en tu ser, estoy sin palabras.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/06/23

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Céline Sciamma

Director

Nina Meurisse

La mère

Margot Abascal

La grand-mère

Stéphane Varupenne

Le père

Joséphine Sanz

Nelly

Gabrielle Sanz

Marion

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Scout Tafoya

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Relentlessly touching...

Dec 23, 2022

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Alissa Wilkinson

Vox

Petite Maman is a pithy, gemlike film.

Aug 5, 2022

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Radheyan Simonpillai

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A lovely and delicate lesson on processing big emotions in tiny packages.

Rated: 5/5

May 6, 2022

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Greg Carlson

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Sciamma’s handling of the interactions between the kids is as confident and as beautifully realized as the depiction of relationships in Water Lilies, Tomboy and Girlhood.

Nov 8, 2023

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

There are some hard adult truths, but the film is so filled with little notes of grace and tenderness that it leaves us with the sense that the world has much more wonder than sadness, more connection that isolation, more hope than cynicism.

Rated: 4/4

Oct 6, 2023

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Sarah Vincent

Cambridge Day

Sciamma embraces time travel without the sci-fi world-building and creates a ghost story using the living. By taking fear out of these genres and turning them into quotidian and poignant experiences, Sciamma erases fear from death and loss.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 16, 2023

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Synopsis

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, the uniquely emotional, PETITE MAMAN. Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-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.

Director: Céline Sciamma
Executive Producer: Claire Langmann
Screenwriter: Céline Sciamma
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Ciné+, Canal+, Lilies Films, La Région Île-de-France, France 3 Cinéma, France Télévisions
Rating: PG (Some Thematic Elements|Brief Smoking)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 22, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $819.8K
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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