| Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be | |
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| French | Le Petit Nicolas : Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ? |
| Directed by | Amandine Fredon Benjamin Massoubre |
| Written by | Michel Fessler Anne Goscinny Benjamin Massoubre |
| Based on | Le Petit Nicolas by René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé |
| Produced by | Adrian Politowski Christel Hénon Aton Soumache |
| Starring | Alain Chabat Laurent Lafitte Simon Faliu |
| Edited by | Benjamin Massoubre |
| Music by | Ludovic Bource |
| Animation by | Juliette Laurent Keelan MacLeod Julien Maret Sevan Selvadjian |
Production companies | On Classics (Mediawan) Bidibul Productions |
| Distributed by | BAC Films |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be (French: Le Petit Nicolas : Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ?) is a 2022 French animated comedy film directed by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre.[1] The film portrays the story of René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé as they create the influential Le Petit Nicolas series of illustrated children's books, blending both scenes that directly adapt vignettes from the books and scenes that depict the real world creation of the books including Goscinny and Sempé interacting with and talking to Nicholas directly.[2]
The film stars Alain Chabat as Goscinny, Laurent Lafitte as Sempé, and Simon Faliu as Nicholas. Goscinny's daughter, Anne Goscinny, was one of the writers.[3]
The film premiered as a special screening at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
- ^ Peter Debruge, "‘Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be’ Review: The Pint-Size Hero of a Cartoon ‘The 400 Blows’ Meets His Makers" Archived 2023-06-05 at the Wayback Machine. Variety, 19 June 2022.
- ^ Kaveh Jalinous, "Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be" Archived 2023-08-10 at the Wayback Machine. Under the Radar, 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b Lise Pedersen, "The Little Nicholas Meets His Makers in Cannes World Premiere Animation Film" Archived 2023-08-10 at the Wayback Machine. Variety, 19 May 2022.