2022 · childhood · biography · watercolor
Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be
Directed by Benjamin Massoubre, Amandine Fredon1h 26m2022
Somewhere between Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Jean-Jacques Sempé and René Goscinny lean over a large white sheet of paper and bring to life a mischievous and endearing boy, Little Nicolas. From schoolyard games and fights to summer camp pranks and camaraderie, Nicolas lives a merry and enriching childhood – and brings friendship and newfound life to his creators, too.
Our read: Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be (2022) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded childhood · biography · watercolor entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle childhood / biography, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- tender
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