Little Girl Blue

Little Girl Blue

Directed by Mona Achache

Produced by Les Films du Poisson, Wrong Men

202395 min6.3 / 10

A deeply intimate, melancholic documentary-drama that reconstructs a mother's hidden life through archival fragments and performance, grappling with suicide, secrets, and the impossibility of truly knowing another person.

In 2016, French writer and photographer Carole Achache took her own life. After Carole's death, her daughter Mona Achache, a film director, discovers thousands of photos, letters and recordings that Carole left behind, but these buried secrets make her disappearance even more of an enigma. Through the power of filmmaking and the beauty of incarnation with the help of actress Marion Cotillard, the director brings her mother back to life to retrace her journey and find out who she really was.

Questions people ask

  • Is Little Girl Blue sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Does Little Girl Blue end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Little Girl Blue violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Little Girl Blue scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Little Girl Blue easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

36/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity81

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Surprise9

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Love35

How much audiences actually like it

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