Joséphine and Gabrielle Sanz in Céline Sciamma’s “Petite Maman” – Pyramid Movies
- A mother and a daughter meet at the same age.
- “Little mother” shares their complicity for a few magical days.
- This beautiful story reveals a new facet of the director of “Portrait of the young girl on fire”.
A little girl crosses paths with her mother when she was her age, for a few magical days in the countryside. It is a beautiful love story that Céline Sciamma tells in Little mom, a tender tale intended for children and their parents alike. “This film does not speak about my own family, specifies the director to 20 minutes. This story really comes from a desire for cinema. “
From this desire were born the two young daughters of the film, played by the sisters Gabrielle and Joséphine Sanz, dazzling young performers.
In the wake of “Ma vie de Courgette”
“I started to think about Little mom when I was collaborating on the screenplay of My Zucchini Life, remembers Céline Sciamma. That’s when I thought it would be fun to tell about the impossible meeting of a mother and a daughter who find themselves at the same age. I told myself that this must correspond to a fairly common desire for both children and parents. “
The mother disappears as the house of the deceased grandmother has just been emptied and returns in the form of a child bursting with vitality. “The grieving process is present in the film, but I tell a luminous and peaceful adventure, that of a bond,” insists Céline Sciamma. Her heroines spend wonderful moments together inventing adventures, playing a play or cooking pancakes, a gustatory comforter that balms the soul as much as the stomach.
Dreamlike and bewitching
If the female characters dominate the story, that of the husband and the father is also portrayed with great accuracy in his relationship with the young heroine. “Father-daughter relationships are also important,” adds Céline Sciamma. That’s why I wanted to show them in the most natural way possible. “
Everything is harmony in this sun-drenched work which was shot in September 2020. The viewer is bewitched by a dreamlike atmosphere with charm all the more captivating as the story makes the big difference in everyday and fantastic life.
Accessible for all ages
The director of Portrait of the girl on fire offers here a delicate work, an ode to family sweetness. Generous film accessible to all, Little mom plays nostalgic music that emphasizes the luminous side of Céline Sciamma’s cinema. The love that emerges from the film does a lot of good.