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Little Nicholas (French: Le Petit Nicolas) is a 2009 French-Belgian 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. 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 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.
Original Release
09/30/2009
US Release
10/10/2009
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Maxime Godart | Nicolas |
Vincent Claude | Alceste |
Charles Vaillant | Geoffroy |
Victor Carles | Clotaire |
Benjamin Averty | Eudes |
Germain Petit Damico | Rufus |
Damien Ferdel | Agnan |
Virgile Tirard | Joachim |
Elisa Heusch | Marie-Edwige / Marie Edwige |
Valerie Lemercier | La mère de Nicolas |
Directors
Writers
Laurent Tirard, Gregoire Vigneron, Alain Chabat, René Goscinny, Anne Goscinny, Jean-Jacques Sempé
Cast
Name | Character |
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Maxime Godart | Nicolas |
Vincent Claude | Alceste |
Charles Vaillant | Geoffroy |
Victor Carles | Clotaire |
Benjamin Averty | Eudes |
Germain Petit Damico | Rufus |
Damien Ferdel | Agnan |
Virgile Tirard | Joachim |
Elisa Heusch | Marie-Edwige / Marie Edwige |
Valerie Lemercier | La mère de Nicolas |
Kad Merad | Le père de Nicolas |
Sandrine Kiberlain | La maîtresse |
François-Xavier Demaison | Le bouillon |
Michel Duchaussoy | Le directeur |
Daniel Prevost | M. Moucheboume |
Michel Galabru | Le ministre |
Francois Damiens | Blédur / Blédurt |
Louise Bourgoin | La fleuriste |
Gérard Jugnot | Gérard Jugnot, le chef de la chorale / Le chef de la chorale |
Nathalie Cerda | Mme Moucheboume / Madame Moucheboume |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Christine De Jekel | Producer |
Olivier Delbosc | Producer |
Fabrice Delville | Producer |
Eric Jehelmann | Producer |
Genevieve Lemal | Producer |
Alexandre Lippens | Producer |
Marc Missonnier | Producer |
Alain-Gilles Viellevoye | Producer |