MARCH 2027 | MLLE BOTTINE

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Awards

• 2025 Winner, Prix Iris - Revelation of the Year Marguerite Laurence at Le Gala Quebec Cinema
• 2024 Winner, Best International Feature Film in the Category Children’s Film and Winner, Diamant - Best Children’s Actor or Actress Marguerite Laurence at the Intl Film Festival for Children and Young Audience SCHLiNGEL

Synopsis

EN

11-year-old orphan girl Simone is forced to leave her farm home and her animals behind to go live in the city with her only relative – Uncle Philippe. She brings along her best friend, a skunk named Boots. Philippe is a one-time wonder composer but lacks inspiration for a new opera. The arrival of this niece he never met completely turns his isolated and organized life upside down. Simone makes it her mission to help her uncle reopen his heart and, hopefully, by doing so, find a home for herself, Boots, and all the abandoned animals she has rescued.

*Please note: the film includes references to grief and loss (death of parents and a grandparent), as well as emotional distress related to family separation, including temporary placement with a relative and discussion of foster care. It also contains a scene depicting an anxiety attack/panic episode. Brief moments of conflict (arguments) and deception (a child lying at an adult’s request) are also present.

Presented with le ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie du Québec and Québec Cinéma