Little Nicholas(Movie, 2009)

Name: Little Nicholas
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2009
Duration: T01:31:00
Rating: 3

Original title: "Le Petit Nicolas" (French/FR)

| 1h 31min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 513 votes)

Little Nicholas (French: Le Petit Nicolas), also known as Petit Nicolas (UK), is a 2009 French family comedy film directed by Laurent Tirard, who co-wrote with Grégoire Vigneron and Alain Chabat. It is based on a series of children's books by René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé. The film features an ensemble cast led by Maxime Godart in the title role of Nicolas. The film was theatrically released in France on 30 September 2009 by Wild Bunch Distribution, Central Film, and EOne Films. The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and earned $100.8 million on a $22.7 million budget. It won the French Television of Ontario (TFO) Prize for Best Youth Film at the Cinéfranco in 2010 and also received nominations for the César Award for Best Writing – Adaptation, the European Film Award for People's Choice Award for Best European Film, and the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Foreign-Language Film. A sequel, Nicholas on Holiday, was released on 9 July 2014. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Little Nicholas

nominated for: European Film Academy Lux Award

About Little Nicholas

Nicolas has a happy existence, parents who love him, a great group of friends with whom he has great fun, and all he wants is that nothing changes. However, one day, he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that his life might change forever, his mother is pregnant! He panics and envisions the worst.

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Trailer for Little Nicholas + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Le Petit Nicolas (2009) French Trailer Subt English(Trailer, 1:50)

Le Petit Nicolas (2009) French Trailer Subt English (Trailer) | Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE) | Le Petit Nicolas - Bande Annonce VF (Trailer, FR) | Le Petit Nicolas - teaser Parents (Teaser, FR) | Le Petit Nicolas - teaser Ecole (Teaser, FR) | Le Petit Nicolas - teaser Enfants (Teaser, FR) | Le Petit Nicolas - Teaser VF (Teaser, FR) | Making Of Le Petit Nicolas - Kad Merad (Featurette, FR) | Making Of Le Petit Nicolas - Valérie Lemercier (Featurette, FR)

Additional Information

Production countries: Belgium, France

Plays in: Paris

Based on the work of: René Goscinny ("Le Petit Nicolas")

Made by: Mandarin Cinéma, Orange Cinéma Séries, Scope Pictures, Fidélité Films, IMAV Editions

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR), Dutch (NL)

Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/10/2009 (World premiere: 09/30/2009)

Cast: Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad, Sandrine Kiberlain, Anémone, Maxime Godart, Alain Sachs, Cyril Couton, Daniel Prévost, Éric Berger, François Damiens, François-Xavier Demaison, Françoise Bertin, Gérard Jugnot, Jean-Michel Lahmi, Louise Bourgoin, Marie Berto, Michel Duchaussoy, Michel Galabru, Nathalie Cerda, Renaud Rutten, Serge Riaboukine, Sophie-Charlotte Husson, Victor Carles, Vincent Claude

Director: Laurent Tirard

Producer: Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier

Screenwriter: Alain Chabat, Laurent Tirard, Grégoire Vigneron

Film Editor: Valérie Deseine

Director of Photography: Denis Rouden

Composer: Klaus Badelt

Performer: Klaus Badelt

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"反斗小尼哥"

"小尼古拉"

"小淘气尼古拉"

"巴黎淘气帮"

"Mikulasovy patalie"

"Petit Nicolas"

"De Kleine Nicolaas"

Keywords: 1960s, mischievous child, based on childrens book, little boy, paris, france

Budget: 22,700,000 USD

Revenue: 62,794,894 USD (= 277%)

3 movies in the Little Nicholas Collection

2009 Little Nicholas

2014 Nicholas on Holiday ("Les Vacances du Petit Nicolas")

2021 Little Nicholas' Treasure ("Le Trésor du Petit Nicolas")

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