MA VIE DE COURGETTE

MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE

By Claude BARRAS

RITA PRODUCTIONS - as PROD

Animation - Completed 2016

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

Festivals
& Awards

Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2016
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • Animation, First film, Family
    • Countries
    • SWITZERLAND, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 66 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Claude BARRAS
    • Writer(s)
    • Celine SCIAMMA
    • Producer(s)
    • Max KARLI (RITA), Pauline GYGAX (RITA), Marc BONNY (GEBEKA FILMS), Armelle GLORENNEC (BLUE SPIRIT PRODUCTION), Michel MERKT (KNM)
    • Synopsis
    • Courgette is an intriguing nickname for a 9-year-old boy. Although his unique story is surprisingly universal. After his mother’s sudden death, Courgette is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies Courgette to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. Courgette struggles at first to find his place in this strange, at times hostile, environment. yet with Raymond’s help and his newfound friends, Courgette eventually learns to trust, find true love and at last a new family of his own.
    • Beginning of shooting
    • May 01, 2014