Petite Maman was written and directed by one of my favorite filmmakers working right now, Céline Sciamma. You might recognize Sciamma’s name from her 2019 tour de force, Portrait of a Lady on Fire. If you haven’t seen that masterpiece, you should really stop reading and go watch it. Petite Maman is an incredibly different…
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire elicited a strange response from me after viewing it. There was no doubt when I left the theater I was in a haze of wonderment. But I didn’t have an immediate, visceral reaction to it the way others seemed to. The next several days found me chewing on scenes…
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