MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE (PG)

WHO’S IN IT? (ENGLISH VERSION)

Erick Abbate (Touched With Fire), Ness Krell (Fading Gigolo), Romy Beckman (Ernest & Celestine), Nick Offerman (21 Jump Street), Barry Mitchell (film debut), Will Forte (Nebraska), Clara Young (film debut), Ellen Page (Juno), Amy Sedaris (Elf), Finn Robbins (film debut), Susanne Blakeslee (Shrek the Third)

WHO’S IN IT? (FRENCH VERSION)

Gaspard Schlatter (film debut), Sixtine Murat (film debut), Paulin Jaccoud (The Little Bedroom), Michel Vuillermoz (Midnight in Paris), Raul Ribera (film debut), Adrien Barazzone (Vanity), Estelle Hennard (film debut), Véronique Montel (A Few Hours of Spring), Brigitte Rosset (Love Express), Natacha Koutchoumov (Vatel)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Claude Barras (film debut), director; Céline Sciamma (Girlhood), writer; Marc Bonny (Kirikou and the Wild Beasts), Armelle Glorennec (The Painting), Pauline Gygax (Longwave), Max Karli (System Error), Kate Merkt (film debut) and Michel Merkt (Elle), producers; Sophie Hunger (The Friend), composer; David Toutevoix (film debut), cinematographer; Valentin Rotelli (Chubby), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

A young boy calling himself Courgette (Abbate/Schlatter) is sent to live at an orphanage after his mother’s death. Although he is initially unwilling to open up to and make friends with the other young orphans, he eventually is able to learn to love and trust, with the help of his new friends, and kindly police officer Raymond (Offerman/ Vuillermoz)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Oscar-nominated stop-motion animation phenomenon finally reaches UK shores, and is bound to win over audiences of all ages with its warm heart and mature examinations of real-life situations.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 2ND JUNE 2017

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