Horrified at the prospect of her beloved school being sold, a young French girl named Madeline uses her wit and craftiness to attempt to save it, making an unlikely new friend in the process.
Acting
Frances McDormand elevates every scene she's in.
Production
Lush practical Paris sets, zero green screen laziness.
Costume
Those yellow coats are iconic for a reason.
Director
Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hatty Jones beat out thousands of girls after her schoolteacher mum spotted the casting call; she never acted again.
The 1939 books were so specifically Parisian that Nazi occupation officers reportedly spared them from bans, assuming they were French propaganda.
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