A kid tries to resurrect his mom. What could possibly go wrong? (Everything. Everything goes wrong.)
8-year-old Lewis Poppy's refusal to "die of loneliness" propels him on a difficult journey to try to bring his deceased mother back to life.
Acting
Matthew Harbour's devastating child performance
Direction
Lapointe's patient, unsentimental gaze at pain
Director
Bruce Lapointe
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in rural Quebec on a budget that wouldn't cover a Marvel costume fitting. The 'magical' elements were achieved entirely through practical effects and child acting.
Part of a forgotten wave of early-2000s Canadian children's films that treated young audiences with devastating emotional honesty—think 'My Life as a Dog' but with death instead of dogs.
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