Le Petit Prince a Dit is 1992 French-Swiss drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 written and directed by Christine Pascal

Christine Pascal

Christine Pascal was a French actress, writer and director.-Biography:Born in Lyon, Rhône, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in Michel Mitrani's Les Guichets du Louvre , and began an association with Bertrand Tavernier with her next film, L'Horloger de Saint-Paul...

. The film follows an estranged Swiss couple who re-evaluate their relationship with the discovery of their daughter's terminal illness. It premiered on 3 September 1992 at the Montreal Film Festival.

Plot

A young girl, Violette goes to live with her grandmother after her parents, Adam and Mélanie separate. Thus she rarely gets an opportunity to see her busy parents. Her mother is concerned at her daughter's clumsiness and convinces her estranged husband to take her to see a doctor. The medical examination reveals that Violette has a brain tumour and is likely to die within a few months. Adam decides to take Violette on a road trip to Italy where her mother is rehearsing for a play. Violette disapproves of her father's new girlfriend and longs to see her parents reunited. Upon the realisation that Violette only has days left to live, Adam and Mélanie attempt to make their daughter's wish a reality.

Cast

• Richard Berry
  Richard Berry (actor)
  Richard Berry is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in nearly 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Adam Leibovich
• Anémone as Melanie
• Marie Kleiber as Violette Leibovich
• Lucie Phan as Lucie
• Mista Préchac as Minerve
• Claude Muret as Jean-Pierre
• Jean Cuenoud as Otto
• John Gutwirth as Victor

Awards and nominations

• César Award for Best Film
  César Award for Best Film
  The winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
  
   - nomination
• César Award for Best Director
  César Award for Best Director
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   - Christine Pascal
  Christine Pascal
  Christine Pascal was a French actress, writer and director.-Biography:Born in Lyon, Rhône, Pascal made her film debut at 21 in Michel Mitrani's Les Guichets du Louvre , and began an association with Bertrand Tavernier with her next film, L'Horloger de Saint-Paul...
  
   (nomination)
• César Award for Best Actor
  César Award for Best Actor
  This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
  
   - Richard Berry
  Richard Berry (actor)
  Richard Berry is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in nearly 100 films since 1972. He starred in The Violin Player, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
  
   (nomination)
• César Award for Best Actress
  César Award for Best Actress
  List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
  
   - Anémone (nomination)

Montreal World Film Festival

Montreal World Film Festival

The Montreal World Film Festival , founded in 1977, is one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF...

• Best Actor - Richard Berry (won)
• Best Screenplay - Christine Pascal and Robert Boner (won)

• Louis Delluc Prize
  Louis Delluc Prize
  Le Prix Louis-Delluc is a French film award.For every year It has been awarded since its creation in 1937 , it has been bestowed on the second Thursday of December. The jury is composed of 20 members, made up of a group of film critics and personalities who are cultural significance. Gilles Jacob...
  
  - Christine Pascal (won)