PETITE MAMAN

MUBI FILM

Another triumph from Céline Sciamma, the brilliant writer/director of Portrait Of A Lady On Fire. After the death of her grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly’s parents take her with them when they go to clear the house. Nelly is playing in the woods behind her grandmother’s home when she meets, and quickly becomes friends with, Marion, a girl of her own age who is building a wooden shelter. Marion seems strangely familiar… Twins Joséphine and Gabrielle Sanz (above) star as the two girls in this enchanting and moving French fable with a swiftly revealed fantasy twist. An instant classic about childhood.

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