The Story

Master filmmaker Céline Sciamma is back with PETITE MAMAN. A captivating coming of age story that explores childhood and a mother-daughter relationship that crosses through time.

8-year-old Nelly has just lost her beloved grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods where her Mum, Marion, used to play and built the treehouse she’s heard so much about. One day her mother abruptly leaves. That’s when Nelly meets a girl her own age in the woods building a treehouse. Her name is Marion.

Rating

PG

Duration

72 min

Language

French

Cast

Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse, Stéphane Varupenne

Director

Céline Sciamma