My Life as a Zucchini
“SOMETIMES WE CRY BECAUSE WE'RE HAPPY.”
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
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Cast
19 people
Gaspard Schlatter
Courgette (voice)
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Sixtine Murat
Camille (voice)
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Paulin Jaccoud
Simon (voice)
Known for
Moka
Michel Vuillermoz
Raymond (voice)
Known for
UFOs
Bye Bye Morons
Raul Ribera
Ahmed (voice)
No other roles listed
Estelle Hennard
Alice (voice)
No other roles listed
Elliot Sanchez
Jujube (voice)
No other roles listed
Lou Wick
Béatrice (voice)
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Brigitte Rosset
Aunt Ida (voice)
Also in
As Luck Would Have It
Life-Size Pauline
Natacha Koutchoumov
Courgette's Mother (voice)
Known for
Vatel
Monica Budde
Mrs. Papineau (voice)
Also in
Sarah Plays a Werewolf
Golden Years
Adrien Barazzone
Mr. Paul (voice)
Known for
At Work
The Safe House
Claude Barras Director · Céline Sciamma Screenplay Gilles Paris Author
Worldwide gross $5.9M · Budget $8M · United States release February 24, 2017
Box office
Budget
$8,000,000
Worldwide gross
$5,873,256
Gross vs. budget
0.7×
Production
Gébéka Films
Production
Rita Productions
Production
Blue Spirit
Production
KNM
Production
RTS
Production
SRG SSR
Production
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
Hélium Films
Production
Blue Spirit Animation
Production
France · Switzerland
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Ma vie de courgette
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 15, 2016
Premiere · Cannes Directors' Fortnight
Switzerland · September 22, 2016
Theatrical · Italian
United States · February 24, 2017
Theatrical
United States · May 23, 2017
Physical
United States
January 10, 2017 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
January 21, 2017 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
February 12, 2017 · Premiere · Portland International Film Festival
February 17, 2017 · Premiere · Providence Children's Film Festival
March 21, 2017 · Premiere · Fargo Film Festival
July 30, 2017 · Premiere · Traverse City Film Festival
Argentina
April 19, 2017 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Australia
July 31, 2016 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
June 10, 2017 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
July 6, 2017 · Theatrical
August 27, 2017 · Premiere · Brisbane Film Festival
Austria
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 1, 2016 · Premiere · Ghent Film Festival
October 2, 2016 · Premiere · Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film
October 26, 2016 · Theatrical
October 31, 2016 · Premiere · Filem'on International Children's Film Festival Brussels
February 27, 2017 · Premiere · Anima Brussels Animation Film Festival
June 22, 2019 · Premiere · Brussels International Film Festival
Bosnia & Herzegovina
August 13, 2016 · Premiere · Sarajevo International Film Festival
April 13, 2017 · Theatrical
Brazil
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
December 1, 2016 · Limited theatrical
Canada
September 8, 2016 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
March 3, 2017 · Theatrical
July 27, 2017 · Premiere · Fantasia International Film Festival
China
April 20, 2017 · Premiere · Beijing International Film Festival
Colombia
December 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Croatia
June 6, 2017 · Premiere · Animafest Zagreb
Czechia
October 1, 2016 · Premiere · Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
December 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 6, 2016 · Premiere · CPH PIX
February 9, 2017 · Theatrical
Estonia
March 17, 2017 · Theatrical
Finland
July 14, 2017 · Theatrical
France
June 13, 2016 · Premiere · Annecy International Animation Film Festival
August 24, 2016 · Premiere · Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême
October 10, 2016 · Premiere · La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival
October 19, 2016 · Theatrical
Germany
October 30, 2016 · Premiere · DOK Leipzig
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical
Greece
November 7, 2016 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
December 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
December 11, 2016 · Premiere · FCP
Hungary
January 26, 2017 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 2, 2017 · Theatrical
Israel
October 19, 2016 · Premiere · Haifa Film Festival
Italy
September 1, 2016 · Premiere · Venice Days, Venice Film Festival
December 1, 2016 · Theatrical
Japan
March 10, 2017 · Premiere · Tokyo Anime Award Festival
February 10, 2018 · Theatrical
October 28, 2018 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival
Latvia
March 21, 2017 · Theatrical
Lithuania
November 26, 2016 · Premiere · Lux Movie Festival
March 23, 2017 · Premiere · Vilnius International Film Festival
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Mexico
March 12, 2017 · Premiere · Guadalajara International Film Festival
May 12, 2017 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 12, 2016 · Theatrical
October 15, 2016 · Premiere · Cinekid Film Festival
October 28, 2016 · Premiere · Amsterdamned
March 1, 2017 · Premiere · Holland Animation Film Festival
November 17, 2017 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
July 21, 2017 · Premiere · New Zealand International Film Festival
Norway
April 7, 2017 · Theatrical
Philippines
November 23, 2020 · Premiere · Cine Europa
Poland
October 15, 2016 · Premiere · Warsaw Film Festival
June 2, 2017 · Theatrical
May 1, 2019 · Premiere · Kraków Film Festival
Portugal
May 11, 2017 · Theatrical
Romania
November 4, 2016 · Theatrical
Russia
June 1, 2017 · Theatrical
Serbia
February 25, 2017 · Premiere · Belgrade Film Festival
March 9, 2017 · Theatrical
Singapore
November 26, 2016 · Premiere · Singapore International Film Festival
Slovenia
February 6, 2017 · Theatrical
South Korea
March 9, 2017 · Theatrical
Spain
September 1, 2016 · Premiere · San Sebastián Film Festival
October 1, 2016 · Premiere · Valladolid International Film Festival
November 19, 2016 · Premiere · Gijón International Film Festival
February 24, 2017 · Limited theatrical
March 3, 2017 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 28, 2016 · Theatrical
November 10, 2016 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
September 11, 2017 · Physical · DVD
October 25, 2023 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival Prisma
Switzerland
September 6, 2016 · Premiere · Fantoche International Animation Film Festival
September 14, 2016 · Premiere · Festival du Film Français d'Helvétie Bienne
September 23, 2016 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
October 8, 2016 · Premiere · Animatou International Animation Film Festival
October 19, 2016 · Theatrical · French
January 22, 2017 · Premiere · Solothurn Film Festival
February 16, 2017 · Theatrical · German
Taiwan
February 10, 2017 · Theatrical
Türkiye
January 13, 2017 · Theatrical
Ukraine
June 22, 2017 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
May 12, 2021 · Physical · DVD
United Kingdom
October 8, 2016 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
November 13, 2016 · Premiere · Leeds International Film Festival
February 17, 2017 · Premiere · Glasgow Film Festival
June 2, 2017 · Theatrical
Uruguay
September 23, 2017 · Premiere · Sala Zitarrosa
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