My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de courgette)

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 6m
  • 85

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  • Clip: My Name Is Zucchini
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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Claude Barras

Producer:

Marc Bonny, Armelle Glorennec, Pauline Gygax

Writer:

Céline Sciamma

Release Date:

Feb 24, 2017

Runtime:

1hr 6m

Synopsis

After losing his mother, a young boy is sent to a foster home with other orphans his age where he begins to learn the meaning of trust and true love.

Cast

  • Gaspard Schlatter
  • Sixtine Murat
  • Paulin Jaccoud
  • Michel Vuillermoz
  • Raul Ribera
  • Estelle Hennard
  • Elliot Sanchez
  • Lou Wick
  • Brigitte Rosset

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Metacritic

85
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Based on 28 Critics
8.3

USER SCORE (84)

Universal acclaim based on 84 Reviews
75
Mar 9, 2017

Along with the kids’ sorrow, Barras works uplift and lightness into the story, and there are moments of great joy. In the end, it’s positivity that prevails.

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Metacritic review by Soren Andersen
Soren Andersen
The Seattle Times
100
Mar 2, 2017

It may not sound like it, but calling this barely 70-minute Swiss stop-motion film “heavy” — as in substantial and almost swollen with feeling — is a true compliment.

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Metacritic review by Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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