France,
2021, 72 min
Directed by:
Céline SciammaScreenplay:
Céline SciammaCinematography:
Claire MathonComposer:
Jean-Baptiste de LaubierPlots(1)
Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to Portrait of a Lady on Fire transcends time and space to weave a delicately emotional fable about grief, family, and connection across generations. In the wake of her grandmother’s death, eight-year-old Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) accompanies her distraught mother (Nina Meurisse) to her childhood home. There, Nelly’s encounter with another young girl (Gabrielle Sanz) brings mother and daughter together in a way neither could have ever imagined. Evoking childhood’s perpetual state of wonder through luminous, richly textured images, Petite maman takes viewers on a journey inward for a quietly miraculous tale of emotional time travel. (Criterion)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 2022 - Céline Sciamma (Best International Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2022 - Bénédicte Couvreur, Céline Sciamma (Best Film not in the English Language)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2021 - Bénédicte Couvreur, Céline Sciamma (Best International Independent Film)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 2021 - Best Foreign-Language Film
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 2021 - Céline Sciamma (Golden Bear for Best Film)
San Sebastián International Film Festival
- 2021 - Céline Sciamma (City of Donostia Audience Award for Best Film)