My Life as a Zucchini
2016 · TMDB 7.8 · Ma vie de courgette
Directed by Claude Barras
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
Why it matters
Claude Barras's Swiss-French film about a boy nicknamed Courgette who is sent to an orphanage after his mother's death. There he finds a new family among other children, each carrying their own loss. A tender and honest look at childhood grief.
From The Ghosts We Carry
- Runtime
- 66 min
- Released
- 2016-09-22
- Studio
- Gébéka Films
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- TMDB score
- 7.8
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