Small Country: An African Childhood

Small Country: An African Childhood
Theatrical release poster
FrenchPetit Pays
Directed byÉric Barbier
Screenplay byÉric Barbier
Based onSmall Country
by Gaël Faye
Produced by
Starring
  • Jean-Paul Rouve
  • Isabelle Kabano
  • Djibril Vancoppenolle
  • Delya De Medina
  • Veronika Varga
CinematographyAntoine Sanier
Edited byJennifer Augé
Music byRenaud Barbier
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé Distribution
Release dates
  • 3 February 2020 (2020-02-03) (Papeete)
  • 28 August 2020 (2020-08-28) (France)
Running time
111 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguagesFrench, Kirundi and Swahili
Box office$2.6 million[1]

Small Country: An African Childhood (French: Petit Pays) is a 2020 film written and directed by Éric Barbier.[2] It is a co-production between France and Belgium. It is an adaptation of Gaël Faye's 2016 novel Small Country.[3] It was theatrically released in France on 28 August 2020.[4]

Plot

The film tells the story of Gabriel, a happy 10 year old living with his French entrepreneur father and Rwandan mother in a expatriate neighborhood in Burundi. As the 1993 tensions in Rwanda starts, his family and innocence is threatened.[5][6]

Cast

  • Jean-Paul Rouve as Michel Chappaz
  • Isabelle Kabano as Yvonne
  • Djibril Vancoppenolle as Gaby Chappaz
  • Delya De Medina as Ana Chappaz
  • Veronika Varga as Madame Economopoulos
  • Tao Monladja as Gino
  • Ruben Ruhanamilindi as Armand
  • Brian Gakwavu as Lucien
  • Kenny Hubbawiwe as Paul
  • Nelson Membe as Francis

Awards

Festivals

References

  1. ^ "Small Country: An African Childhood (2020)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Small Country: An African Childhood (2019)". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (27 August 2020). "Review: Small Country: An African Childhood". Cineuropa. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Le Petit Pays de Gaël Faye voit grand au cinéma". Le Figaro (in French). AFP. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Small Country: An African Childhood". Institut français du Royaume-Uni. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  6. ^ FFF21 Small Country: an African Childhood | Palace Cinemas, retrieved 2 August 2022
  7. ^ Szalai, Georg (10 February 2021). "France's Cesar Awards Nominations Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. ^ "'Petit Pays' director nominated for The Cesar Awards". The New Times | Rwanda. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  9. ^ Small Country: An African Childhood, retrieved 2 August 2022
  10. ^ "Gael Faye's petit pays scoops two global awards". The New Times | Rwanda. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  11. ^ Riffenburg, Charles. "Small Country: An African Childhood". Cinema Chicago. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Small Country: An African Childhood". ICFF - Lavazza IncluCity. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. ^ "Petit Pays | Festival International de Films de Fribourg". www.fiff.ch. Retrieved 3 August 2022.


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