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Spoiler-free premise
A grieving child exploring the woods near her mother’s childhood home meets a girl her own age.
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Eight-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to clear grandmother's house after the older woman's death. In the surrounding woods she meets Marion, a girl her own age building the same hut Nelly's mother described from childhood.
Why it belongs
Céline Sciamma makes grief and mother-daughter understanding magical without spectacle through autumn woods, mirrored play, and two children's lucid acceptance.
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A half-built hut, pancakes, a board game, grandmother's cane, matching clothes, forest paths, and twin performers give the temporal premise domestic simplicity; Joséphine and Gabrielle Sanz make recognition feel natural.
Major award wins
No verified wins in this six-institution crosswalk.
Awards are reference metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20
Good for
FamilyFilm Club
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