Céline Sciamma Claude Barras Germano Zullo Morgan Navarro
Based on
Autobiographie d'une Courgette by Gilles Paris
Produced by
Armelle Glorennec Éric Jacquot Marc Bonny
Cinematography
David Toutevoix
Edited by
Valentin Rotelli
Music by
Sophie Hunger
Production companies
Rita Productions Blue Spirit Productions Gebeka Films KNM
Distributed by
Praesens-Film (Switzerland) Gébéka Films (France)
Release dates
15 May 2016 (2016-05-15) (Cannes)
22 September 2016 (2016-09-22) (Switzerland)
19 October 2016 (2016-10-19) (France)
Running time
65 minutes[1]
Countries
Switzerland France
Language
French
Budget
$8 million[2]
Box office
$10.2 million[3]
My Life as a Courgette (French: Ma vie de Courgette; also titled My Life as a Zucchini in North America and Australia) is a 2016 stop-motion animated comedy-drama film directed by Claude Barras,[4] and co-written by Céline Sciamma. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.[5][6]
This is the second adaptation of Gilles Paris' 2002 novel Autobiographie d'une Courgette, as there was a French live-action television film adaptation called C'est mieux la vie quand on est grand which aired in 2007.[7]
The film received extremely positive reception from critics, with many praising the film's visual aesthetic, emotional depth, and sympathetic characters. It won Best Animated Film and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 42nd César Awards. At the 89th Academy Awards, it was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Film and was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, making the December shortlist.[8][9]
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^"Fortnight 2016: The 48th Directors' Fortnight Selection". Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
^Nancy Tartaglione (19 April 2016). "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2016 Lineup – Laura Poitras' 'Risk', Pablo Larrain's 'Neruda', Paul Schrader's 'Dog Eat Dog'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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^Keslassy, Elsa (5 August 2016). "Switzerland Sends Claude Barras's 'My Life as a Courgette' to Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Variety. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
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