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My Life as a Zucchini

2016 animated film directed by Claude Barras
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Summary

My Life as a Zucchini is an animated film[1]. It draws 3,557 Wikipedia views per month (animated film category, ranking #486 of 1,376).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film[3], Q122947136[4], Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film[5], Lumière Award for Best Animated Film[6]
  • Director: Claude Barras[7]
  • Screenwriter: Céline Sciamma[8]
  • Composer: Sophie Hunger[9]
  • Genre: comedy drama[10]
  • Based on: Autobiografie einer Pflaume[11]
  • Producer: Max Karli[12]
  • Original language of film or TV show: French[13]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[14]
  • Review score: 99%[15], 8.2/10[16], 85/100[17]
  • Color: color[18]
  • Country of origin: France[19]
  • Publication date: May 15, 2016[20], February 16, 2017[21], January 26, 2017[22], October 19, 2016[23], February 24, 2017[24]
  • Distributed by: Teodora Film[25], Vertigo Média[26]
  • Described by source: The 200 films to see before you almost grow up[27]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Animated Feature[28], Lux Prize[29], European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film[30], European Film Academy Young Audience Award[31], International Submission to the Academy Awards[32]
  • Title: Ma vie de Courgette[33], My Life as a Zucchini[34]
  • MPA film rating: PG-13[35]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 0[36]
  • Duration: 66 minutes[37]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 1.85:1[38]
  • Fabrication method: stop-motion[39]
  • Capital cost: 6,500,000 euro[40]
  • NMHH film rating: Category III[41]
  • BBFC rating: PG certificate[42]

Why It Matters

My Life as a Zucchini has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

FAQs

What awards did My Life as a Zucchini receive?

Honors received include European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film[3], Q122947136[4], Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film[5], and Lumière Award for Best Animated Film[6].

Related Entities

Céline Sciamma film France

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . filmfrancophone.fr. filmfrancophone.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Terjesztésre kerülő filmalkotások és artfilmek nyilvántartása. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Terjesztésre kerülő filmalkotások és artfilmek nyilvántartása. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Q117078425. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . luxprize.eu. luxprize.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . bbfc.co.uk. bbfc.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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