Petite Maman – Céline Sciamma Retrospective — Carbon Arc

Saturday, April 18, 8:30 PM Céline Sciamma | France | 2022 | 75m French with English subtitles We’re screening Sciamma on Saturday nights all through April! Films include Tomboy , Portrait of a Lady on Fire , and Petite Maman . Céline Sciamma continues to prove herself as one of the most accomplished and unpredictable contemporary French filmmakers with her follow up to Portrait of a Lady on Fire , the uniquely emotional, Petite Maman . Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to her mother’s childhood home to begin the difficult process of cleaning out its contents. As Nelly explores the house and nearby woods, she is immediately drawn to a neighbor her own age building a treehouse. What follows is a tender tale of childhood grief, memory and connection. “This is an ethereal film that works better on an emotional level than it does a literal level; it’s a film that feels, so let yourself feel it, too. That’s the real stuff.” – Adam Graham, Detroit News ““Petite Maman” is what every film should be: powerfully, even arrestingly original; grounded in emotional truth; hyper-specific; deeply universal; strange; mesmerizing; and not a minute longer than necessary.” – Michael O’Sullivan, Washington Post WINNER: Best International Film – San Diego International Film Festival, 2021 WINNER: Best Foreign Language Film – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 2021 Tickets $12 ($11.40 at the door if available) Saturday, April 18, 8:30 PM tickets Tagged coming soon