PETITE MAMAN QA, TIFF 2021

The team behind PETITE MAMAN in conversation with TIFF in advance of its premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. Following a girls journey to her mothers childhood home, French auteur Céline Sciammas latest is a tender tale of intergenerational connection. The 46th Toronto International Film Festival runs September 9 to 18, 2021. For more, visit Céline Sciammas TIFF 19 selection Portrait of a Lady on Fire garnered international acclaim for its sumptuous rendering of queer female desire and the overwhelming power of both truly looking and truly being seen. Sciammas followup brings the writerdirectors exquisite craft and acute insights into longing to bear on a tale of childhood grief and wonder. After her grandmother dies, Nelly (Joséphine Sanz) is taken to her mothers childhood home. While her parents go about cleaning out the house, Nelly explores the surrounding woods. She encounters Marion (Gabrielle Sanz), a girl exactly Nellys age and to whom she bears a