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My Life as a Zucchini is a suisse film of genre Drama directed by Claude Barras released in USA on 24 february 2017 with Michel Vuillermoz
My Life as a Zucchini (2016)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 24 february 2017
Length 1h6
Directed by Claude Barras
OriginSuisse
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about child abuse
Rating77%
Ma vie de Courgette est un film d'animation en volume helvético-français réalisé par Claude Barras et scénarisé par Céline Sciamma, présenté à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs et sorti en 2016. Il s'agit d'une libre adaptation du roman Autobiographie d'une courgette de Gilles Paris. Le film raconte l'histoire d'un garçon accueilli dans un orphelinat. Le film a reçu de nombreuses récompenses, dont le Cristal du long métrage et le prix du public au Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy en 2016, ainsi que les César du meilleur film d'animation et de la meilleure adaptation en 2017.
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Un petit garçon termine de dessiner un cerf-volant à l'étage d'une maison remplie de canettes de bière vides. Il empile ensuite des canettes pour en faire une pyramide, mais le tas finit par s'écrouler et par rouler dans l'escalier. Au rez-de-chaussée, une femme ivre regarde une série sentimentale à la télévision. C'est la mère du petit garçon, qu'elle appelle « Courgette ». Au bruit, elle se met en colère et commence à monter l'escalier menant à l'étage, en annonçant au garçon qu'elle va le battre. Effrayé, le garçon referme brusquement la trappe sur la tête de sa mère qui tombe dans l'escalier et ne bouge plus. Au commissariat, un policier, Raymond, prend la déposition du petit garçon qui s'appelle Icare, mais préfère être appelé Courgette. Il n'a plus de père, mais il l'a dessiné sur son cerf-volant qui ne le quitte jamais. Raymond explique à Courgette que sa mère « est partie » et qu'il va l'emmener dans un endroit où vivent des enfants comme lui, qui n'ont plus ni père ni mère : un orphelinat.Actors
Michel Vuillermoz
(Raymond (voice))
Jean-Loup Horwitz
(le narrateur)
Will Forte
((voice))
Nick Offerman
((voice))
Ellen Page
((voice))
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