Poucet is a kid from a family of numerous children. The parents, too poor to feed them, decide to abandon them in the forest. Their, the brothers try to find their way out making fantastic encounters. This film is based on the French fairy tale "Le petit poucet" by Charles Perrault.
Costume
Lavish, grotesque ogre designs that feel genuinely Perrault.
Production
Dreamlike forest sets balancing beauty and menace.
Director
Olivier Dahan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Perrault's 1697 tale was already a gentler rewrite of oral folklore where children were actually eaten. This film splits the difference.
Director Olivier Dahan later made 'La Vie en Rose'—this was his training ground for visual excess.
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