My Life As a Zucchini
Movie • 2016 • Animation
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After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
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There's a "3 years earlier" scene after the credits that seems to depict parts of the main character's VA's audition
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Abandonment
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Child neglect is a big theme, although all of the characters were taken away from their parents rather than outright abandoned.
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Abuse
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Most of the kids in the children's home ended up there because they were being abused in one way or another. It is not described in details however.
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Implied, not shown.
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Are there abusive parents?
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The protagonist's alcoholic mother is coming to beat him at the start of the film before he shuts his trapdoor on her. Several of the other children's back stories involve child abuse.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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No but some of the children have complicated relationships and feelings for their abusive parents.
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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Zucchini's mother is an alcoholic, and both of Simon's parents abuse drugs. This does not happen on screen.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Zucchini's mother is an alcoholic.
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One of the kids mentions his parents use of drugs.
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No animals are abused but a child does aim a rock at a bird, startling it.
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We see some baby birds eating worms but otherwise no animals die.
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Are there bugs?
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They can be heard in the courtyard (buzzing etc.)
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Are there snakes?
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There is a toy snake inside an amusement park ride.
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Assault
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It is implied that a little girl at the children's home was sexually abused by her father.
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Is there pedophilia?
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The father of one of the characters is implied to be a pedophile who's now in jail.
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Is rape mentioned?
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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As Camille's mom comes into the room holding a present, Camille and Zucchini are hiding in a closet to avoid her and Zucchini's mouth is covered by Camille to remain silent (he doesn't even seem taken aback by it, they then laugh it off)
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Bodily Harm
Is there eye mutilation?
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Not on screen but one child has a scar over her eye that she hides under her fringe.
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Is there cannibalism?
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none shown, only a brief joke made from one of the children about a “potato” eating fries.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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a character struggles to breathe while hiding inside a duffel bag for a couple seconds before coming out
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Does someone break a bone?
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A kid threatens to break another kid's arm in a fight, but nothing actually happens.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Heard not seen. The protagonist's mother comes up the loft stairs to beat him, he shuts the trapdoor on her head and she unfortunately falls to her death.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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The main character's original guardian falls down a flight of stairs/ladder.
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Death
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Family
Does a parent die?
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Zucchini accidentally kills his mother at the start of the movie by dropping an attic door on her head. We hear her fall but no body is shown.
Camille's backstory involves her father shooting her mother and then himself. This is not shown on screen.
Camille's backstory involves her father shooting her mother and then himself. This is not shown on screen.
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Does someone cheat?
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There are talks about the kids' parents cheating pr leaving their families for another person
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A kid's abusive aunt forcefully takes them when they don't want to go with her.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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When ?
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Fear
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Are there ghosts?
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There are toy ghosts inside an amusement park ride.
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Is there a shower scene?
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a brief one, when courgette is explaining one of the children pretends to shower
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Gross
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Once the boy settles in, he summarises a normal day. When he refers to a child being taken to the nurse, that child vomits - sounds only.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Not shown, but it's mentioned a few times that a kid wets himself at night.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Arguably. A policeman is supportive of Zucchini and becomes a father figure to him over the movie. Other kids in the orphanage, however, don't like cops. (SPOILERS) The policeman eventually becomes his and another main character's foster parent.
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Is there incarceration?
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Mentioned as a kid's dad is in prison, and a cop mentions prison doors (translated differently in the subs iirc)
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Sort of...? The main character prefers to be referred to by "Zucchini" instead of his birthname.
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One of the main character's parents is mentioned to have committed suicide and there is references to it throughout.
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Not on screen. The dad of one of the kids committed murder-suicide, and that same kid later says she might kill herself if she's forced to live with her aunt.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Most people voted no, but arguably one of the characters might show early symptoms of pica, including eating a whole tube of toothpaste.
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Is there misophonia?
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heartbeat sounds during the swing scene after the music kicks in
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Some of the kids on the film suffer PTSD after having suffered from domestic violence.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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In addition to hiding in a small closet, a scene shows a character hiding in a closed duffel bag (a shot shows the inside w them breathing pretty heavy)
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Noxious
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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During a dance scene flashing lights are used that could cause seizures or sensory overload.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
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There's not a single stillborn baby, I don't know why someone voted "yes"
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Is there childbirth?
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Not shown on screen but a character has a baby at the end of the film.
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Prejudice
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Are there fat jokes?
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A bully calls another boy "gros lard" ("fatso") to make fun of him when he's hungry.
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Simon calls Ahmed a little girl (in a sing-songy taunt)
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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If you're watching a subtitled or dubbed version, possibly not. In the original French version a character says "great, another autist" as an insult.
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Is there hate speech?
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Zucchini es verbally abused when he first meet the other kids (including ableist insults)
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
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It is implied that a little girl at the children's home was sexually abused by her father.
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Is there sexual content?
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The boys talk about sex in two scenes, there's a drawing of two characters naked, one of the characters is hinted at being sexually abused, there's a scene where the kids moon the photographer.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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On screen no, but there are mentions of it. One of the children is placed at the orphanage because of gun violence at home.
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