My Life as a Courgette

My Life as a Courgette is a 2016 Swiss-French stop motion comedy-drama film directed by Claude Barras. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Directed by Claude Barras. Produced by Armelle Glorennec, Éric Jacquot and Marc Bonny. Screenplay by Céline Sciamma, Claude Barras, Germano Zullo and Morgan Navarro. Based on Autobiographie d'une Courgette by Gilles Paris.

Dialogue

Raymond: OK... Where's your father?

Courgette: Here... And there's my dad's chick. Mum always said he liked chicks very much

Raymond: Alright...

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Raymond: Your mum is no longer there, Icare.

Courgette: My name is Courgette!

Raymond: Courgette... Did your mum call you that? Hm. My name is Raymond.

Courgette: Did your mum call you that?

Cast

French cast

• Gaspard Schlatter as Courgette.
• Sixtine Murat as Camille.
• Paulin Jaccound as Simon.
• Michel Vuillermoz as Raymond.
• Paul Ribera as Ahmed.
• Estelle Hennard as Alice.
• Elliot Sanchez as Jujube.
• Lou Wick as Béatrice.
• Brigitte Rosset as Tante Ida.
• Natacha Koutchoumov as Courgette's Mother.
• Monica Budde as Mme Papineau.
• Adrien Barazzone as Mr. Paul.
• Véronique Montel as Rosy.

English cast

• Erick Abbate as Courgette.
• Ness Krell as Camille.
• Romy Beckman as Simon.
• Nick Offerman as Raymond.
• Barry Mitchell as Ahmed.
• Clara Young as Alice.
• Finn Robbins as Jujube.
• Olivia Bucknor as Béatrice.
• Amy Sedaris as Tante Ida.
• Susanne Blakeslee as Courgette's Mother and Mme Papineau.
• Will Forte as Mr. Paul.
• Ellen Page as Rosy.