Petite Maman - Mamã Pequenina

I remember Portrait of a Lady on Fire as tarted-up award bait that I gave three stars for the "craftsmanship" and never intended to return to, so I approached this one without any major expectations. But bugger me! I’m a moron. A beautiful, small and human film that doesn't want to be groundbreaking or engage with the big issues "that are burning us today", but evokes the purest of emotions in a simple fantasy romp. For some people, it won’t be anything special, but I got a thrill where I didn’t expect. (23/08/2021)

An elegant and beautiful, but in some ways too much of a chic drama, and it’s hypnotic enough and lacks a more electrifying connection between reality and dream. It comes across as a cute vision without any real depth or profundity. In fact, it passed me by in a roundabout way, which I see as a disappointment from the author of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, although the film itself is certainly no disappointment. (03/03/2021)

Uma coisa muito intimista, pequena e sólida em termos de realização, cujo argumento, no entanto, apenas atingiu o estado de uma história pouco elaborada sobre o tema da criação de relações entre gerações com pais e avós, que carece de profundidade e de uma ligação emocional mais forte. Um experimento giro sobre os limites da realidade, sonho e fantasia ambiguamente definidos com um conceito de apoio que mereceria um tratamento mais complexo e desenvolvido. (21/08/2021)