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Alexandria Oddball Cinema

Petite Maman
2026-12-20 14:00:00 2026-12-20 16:00:00 America/New_York Alexandria Oddball Cinema Oddball Cinema brings you all of the weird, eclectic, and lesser-known films you probably never saw in theaters. Click on the event title for more info! Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library - Large Meeting Room

Sunday, December 20
2:00pm - 4:00pm

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Oddball Cinema brings you all of the weird, eclectic, and lesser-known films you probably never saw in theaters. Click on the event title for more info!

This gentle, charming, and surreal tale is carried by its excellent child actors.  An eight-year-old girl’s grandmother has recently died.  The house where the old woman lived needs to be emptied, and the girl’s parents take her with them to stay there a few days while they deal with the inventory.  During her free time she goes out to play, and it isn’t long before she has a strange but pleasant encounter.  Set in rural France, where adults are apparently perfectly comfortable letting little children roam alone in the forest, this feature explores family relationships in a unique and remarkable way.  Viewers craving action and conflict should probably look elsewhere.

■ Title — Petite Maman
■ Director — Céline Sciamma
■ Cast — Joséphine Sanz, Gabrielle Sanz, Nina Meurisse
■ Rating — PG
■ ©2021 | 1h 13m | Drama, Fantasy
■ French dialogue with English subtitles
■ Distributed by NEON
■ Licensed for showing in Alexandria libraries by MPLC

AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Movies & Film |

TAGS: | Oddball cinema | movies | films |

Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library
Phone: 703.746.1702
Fax: 703.746.1763
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Tracy Sumler
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