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My Life as a Zucchini
2016
· Movie
· 70 min
A
MEANRANK
84/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #58
- IMDb #82
- Google retired #228
- Rotten Tomatoes #42
- Metacritic #38
- Letterboxd #40
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #23
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #99
- Metacritic Critics #41
- Metacritic Audience #56
- Criticker #36
- Douban #75
- Kinopoisk #77
- AlloCiné #25
- Trakt #111
Every rating
65–99
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 65, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 99.
See the most agreed on films →After his mother's sudden death, a young boy nicknamed Zucchini is sent to a foster home filled with other orphaned children. Shy and traumatized, he slowly learns to trust and befriend the other kids, each with their own difficult pasts. Together, under the care of a kind policeman, they form a new family and help each other heal.
Details
- Director
- Claude Barras
- Writer
- Céline Sciamma
- Based on
- Q786133 by Gilles Paris
- Studio
- Gébéka Films, Rita Productions, Blue Spirit, KNM
- Released
- 22 September 2016
- Country
- France, Switzerland
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 70 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $8.0M
- Box office
- $5.9M
- Awards
- 13 wins, 12 nominations
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Awards & nominations
See all 25 →2 major awards won · 13 wins from 25 nominations across 14 ceremonies
| César Award 2017 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Céline Sciamma | Winner |
| César Award 2017 | Best Animated Film | Claude Barras | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2017 | Best Animated Feature | Claude Barras Max Karli | Nominee |
| César Award 2017 | Best Original Music | Sophie Hunger | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Best Animated Feature Film | Claude Barras | Nominee |
| Cannes Film Festival 2016 | Caméra d'Or | Claude Barras | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 2018 | Best Animated Film | Claude Barras Max Karli | Nominee |
| Annie Awards 2017 | Best Animated Feature — Independent | Rita Productions Blue Spirit Productions Gebeka Films KNM | Nominee |
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César Award
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Céline Sciamma | Winner |
| Best Animated Film | Claude Barras | Winner |
| Best Original Music | Sophie Hunger | Nominee |
Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Claude Barras Max Karli | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Caméra d'Or | Claude Barras | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature Film | Claude Barras | Nominee |
Swiss Film Award
4 nominations, 3 won
| Best Fiction Film(Bester Spielfilm) | Claude Barras Rita Productions | Winner |
| Best Music (Beste Filmmusik) | Sophie Hunger | Winner |
| Special Academy Award (For Casting) | Marie-Eve Hildbrand | Winner |
| Best Editing (Beste Montage) | Valentin Rotelli | Nominee |
Lumière Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Animated Film | Claude Barras | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Céline Sciamma | Winner |
| Best Music | Sophie Hunger | Nominee |
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Audience Award | Claude Barras Rita Productions Blue Spirit Animation Gébéka Films | Winner |
| Cristal Award for Best Feature | Claude Barras Rita Productions Blue Spirit Animation Gébéka Films | Winner |
Tokyo Anime Award
2 nominations, 1 won
| Award of Excellence (Feature Film) | Claude Barras | Winner |
| Grand Prize (Feature Film) | Claude Barras | Nominee |
European Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature Film | Claude Barras Kim Keukeleire Armelle Glorennec Éric Jacquot Marc Bonny | Winner |
Satellite Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature | My Life as a Zucchini | Winner |
UK Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Claude Barras | Winner |
Annie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Animated Feature — Independent | Rita Productions Blue Spirit Productions Gebeka Films KNM | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Claude Barras | Nominee |
| Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production | Céline Sciamma | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Claude Barras Max Karli | Nominee |
European Parliament LUX Prize
1 nomination
| Lux Prize | Claude Barras | Nominee |