Petite Maman

"The film evinces Céline Sciamma's profound knack for visual economy, communicating much with silent looks and structured absences."

"It's an understated yet transportive film that beautifully articulates the way children perceive and process loss and grief."

"A superb movie - a jewel of this year's Berlin film festival."

"Audiences ought to sense that Sciamma has asked them to participate in a very personal exercise, but one that's open-ended enough for them to project themselves."

"The result is at once both the most ordinary and most enchanted thing that Sciamma has made so far, a wise and delicate wisp of a movie..."

"Sciamma has always shown impeccable skill at illuminating her characters by noticing the tiniest details of their behavior, and Petite Maman is a beguiling continuation of her work in its purest form."

"Like its dappled forested backdrop, the film is a thing of pensive beauty rather than volatile drama."