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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Truffaut’s earlier child-centered classic shares Small Change’s alert, compassionate eye for everyday mischief and adult blind spots, but follows one boy with greater melancholy and freedom-seeking energy.
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Why this pick
A remarkably child-perspective drama, grounded in the candid behavior and serious inner life of young people rather than sentimentalizing them; intimate, patient, and emotionally direct.
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Why this pick
Its handmade animation carries a similarly humane, unsensational affection for children navigating a world shaped by adults, balancing playful observation with genuine tenderness.
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Why this pick
For Small Change’s sensitivity to childhood perception: this is quieter and more dreamlike, observing siblings in a provincial town through luminous images and a child’s imaginative logic.
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Why this pick
A warm French ensemble about boys finding dignity and expression under restrictive authority, with accessible emotion and a strong feel for the changing dynamics of a group of children.
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01 / THE STORY
Explore the struggles and yearnings of young children in Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France, in the summer of 1976.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Patrick Desmouceaux
Martine's Father
Jean-François Richet, l'instituteur
