My Life as a Zucchini
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. From TMDB
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24 of 24 · most liked firstNothing like sled races on a snow day. 🛷 Movie: MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI from Claude Barras
unlabelledView post →Set in Borneo amid the Penan Indigenous people, the stop-motion animated film SAVAGES, from the director of MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI, is an eco-conscious, anti-colonialist story about a young girl fighting back against loggers. Here’s my @variety.com review: variety.com/2025/film/re...
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI (2016). Director: Claude Barras. Oscar nominated animated feature about a boy losing his mother & learning to live, love and trust again after being sent to orphanage. #filmsky 📽
unlabelledView post →Directors who I think should make an animated feature. Could work with their sensibilities: -Spike Jonze -Jean-Pierre Jeunet -Céline Sciamma -David Lowery *Michel Gondry already made one *Bong Joon Ho is making one *Sciamma wrote MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI, so it could happen
unlabelledView post →MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI follows a boy struggling to find his place. With the help of Raymond, a kind adult, he learns that love and trust can be rebuilt. This vibrant stop-motion animation is now available on Blu-ray from GKIDS. shoutfactory.com/products/my-...
unlabelledView post →MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI is playing Animation First this weekend. Its a great film that was up for Oscars back in 2016. If you've never seen it or never seen it on a big screen-go www.unseenfilms.net/2025/01/my-l...
unlabelledView post →every day of 2026, I'll post an animated film. 1️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI (2016) dir. Claude Barras A cop helps a recently orphaned boy acclimate to his new foster home. #FilmSky
unlabelledView post →Never, ever forgetting what the one Oscar voter said about My Life As A Zucchini when it was nominated and why I take the voting process with all the salt on the planet. (Spoiler: They didn't watch the movie and proceeded to describe a plot based solely on the title of the movie in their review)
unlabelledView post →Kanopy just added My Life As A Zucchini. A film that is equally adorable, sad, and hilarious.
unlabelledView post →Favorite Animated Features 🧵 (no particular order): The Secret of NIMH Spirited Away Fantastic Mr. Fox Rango Corpse Bride Flee Tekkonkinkreet Bird Boy: The Forgotten Children It's Such A Beautiful Day 9 Watership Down Mary & Max The Wolf House I Lost My Body A Cat In Paris My Life As A Zucchini
unlabelledView post →#OscarsMonth #filmsky #moviesky 30th: Favourite Animation nominee KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (2016) Lost to Zootopia. Also nominated The Red Turtle, Moana and My Life As A Zucchini. A stellar year
unlabelledView post →My Life As a Zucchini- what an incredibly bittersweet experience. i cried way too much by the end of this film, i find heartbreaking so many moments. watching this movie i find myself wanting to adopt even more than before.
unlabelledView post →For @curzon.com, I met MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE* director Claude Barras (and two of his puppets) to discuss his new eco-tale SAVAGES, writing a nuanced clash of cultures, and operating a magnet-powered orangutan puppet. *MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI for the Americans ⬇️ bit.ly/3IVrTIU
unlabelledView post →My Life As A Zucchini is such a wonderful film. One of my all time favourite animations
unlabelledView post →Oh man, made the mistake of watching My Life As A Zucchini on a slow day at work. That was a rough one to recover from.
unlabelledView post →Celine wrote MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI- an animated film. It's included on the PETIT MAMAN disc from Criterion.
unlabelledView post →Oh I love My Life As A Zucchini!!!
unlabelledView post →an utterly fantastic french film about a sensitive neurodiverse kid alone in his world looking out for his new friends even though it means losing them again Written by Céline Sciamma (Tomboy, Girlhood) https://youtu.be/4d9N5Y_sN8Q #movies #animation #MaVieDeCourgette #MyLifeAsAZucchini courgette was just a tourist!
unlabelledView post →Watched My Life As A Zucchini. French claymation. Orphan finds friends in a foster home. Stop motion with fantastic detail and a unique style. The original French version was not available so this was the English dub version...cont.
unlabelledView post →The Oscar-nominated animated film MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI / MA VIE DE COURGETTE (2016) has been released on Blu-ray entertainment-factor.blogspot.com/2025/09/my-l... #bluray #mylifeasazucchini #animation @shoutstudios.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →"My Life as a Zucchini" was beautiful. Still processing. #Film #MyLifeAsAZucchini
unlabelledView post →On Sat 19th July 12pm, Savages has its first UK preview at Mockingbird Cinema, B9 4AA The film is Claude Barras’ follow up to OSCAR nom’d My Life As A Zucchini. GO! £11.45. 87mins. PG rating. Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/forwa...
unlabelledView post →DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE TO WATCH MY LIFE AS A ZUCCHINI⁉️ IT CAN BE ENG SUB OR DUB I JUST NEED THIS DAMN MOVIE AND ITS NOWHERE
unlabelledView post →Seeking a second chance for the normal life. Whenever I review a Stop-motion animated film, I always start with by saying it is a dying art form that needs a bigger lift from us. It gave a new life for filmmaking when there were no technology like computers hundred years ago for the creation of giant creatures to all the fantasy and magical world. I am glad that every year someone coming forward to show the world how beautiful these are. I think there's a quota for it and 2D animation for the…
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