Released in Japanese cinemas in December 2023, having received a very good critical reception there, and winner last June of the Paul Grimault prize at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, the feature film Totto-Chan, the little girl at the window (Madogiwa no Totto-chan) will arrive in French cinemas at the very beginning of next year.
In fact, the distributor Eurozoomwhich is always keen to promote Japanese animation in cinema, recently announced that its release date in our cinemas has been set for January 1, 2025. What a great start to the new year!
But that's not all, since a exceptional preview will take place at Paris as part of the 21st edition of Carrefour de l’animation (from November 22 to 29, 2024), during which Eurozoom and the Image forum will offer two broadcasts of the film: the first on Sunday November 24, 2024 at 8 p.m.and the second Tuesday November 26 at 2 p.m.all of which is also accessible to schools, and the session on the 26th is intended to be presented by Leïla Gharbi and to be followed by a debate.
Reservations opened todaywith a full price at €7.20 and a reduced price to €5.80. All information and reservations can be found at this address.
Produced by the Shin'ei Animation studio (Crayon Shin-chan) and directed by Shinnosuke Yakuwa (Doraemon no Nobita no Getsumen Tansaki), this feature film is inspired by the autobiographical novel of the same name by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, a key media personality in Japan, born in 1933, hosting a daily talk show for more than 40 years, having also been an actress, and being a Unicef ambassador since 1984.
Narrating the childhood of this woman, the work is presented as a moving true story set against the backdrop of the Second World War. In Japan in the 1930s, little Totto has a hard time fitting in. His parents enroll him in an unconventional school where tolerance is the only rule.
Japanese trailer for the film:
