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My Mummy Is In
America And She
Met Buffalo Bill

Based on the award-winning book of the
same name, this winner of the Special Jury
Award at the Annecy International Animated
Film Festival is a beautifully moving tale full
of moments of sheer, simple, childish joy. Six
year-old Jean is starting first grade. He looks
forward to learning to read and write so he
won’t need Michelle, the girl next door, to read
the postcards he gets from his mysteriously
absent mother, who writes from around the
world about her wild adventures. Even though
they seem far-fetched at times, with his father
so busy, the postcards bring comfort. A
bittersweet, joyous, and thought-provoking
tale about childhood loss and the need even
for adults to hide from the truth at times.
French Title: MA MAMAN EST EN
AMÉRIQUE, ELLE A RENCONTRÉ BUFFALO
BILL
Directors: Marc Boréal / Thibaut Chatel

(France-Luxembourg / 2013 / 75:00 minutes)

The Girl Without
Hands

In hard times, a miller sells his daughter to the
Devil. Protected by her purity, she escapes
Afrom her family, she encounters the goddess
of water, a gentle gardener and the prince in
his castle. A long journey towards the light…
Based on the Brothers Grimm collected fairy
tales “Das Mädchen Ohne Hände” or “The
Armless Maiden.”

French Title: LA JEUNE FILLE SANS MAINS
Director: Sébastien Laudenbach
(France / 2016 / 76:00 minutes)
“Although the film’s style is soft and colourful,
it does not rub out the emotional sharpness of
betrayal, suicide, and death in the story.”
Monica Castillo
The NY Times
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