Petite Maman - a French film starring identical twins
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382693)
Rockingham, Australia
July 24, 2022 8:11pm CST
We saw several films at the international film festival that starred child actors and we were really impressed with their talent.
One film, Petite Maman, starred identical twins, Gabrielle and Josephine Sanz. In the film, they are eight-year-olds and they looked about that age although I couldn’t verify that. There were a lot of scenes shot in autumn in a woods so you can imagine how colourful the trees were.
I wonder if both girls will stay in acting and what the future holds for them. They are certainly talented.
I don’t have a photo of autumn leaves in France as we weren’t there at the right time but this field of sunflowers caught my eye at the time.
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 22
@Dreamerby I had never seen fields of sunflowers till we went to France. The paddocks looked so nice.
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@Dreamerby (10111)
• Calcutta, India
25 Jul 22
I have only seen fields populated with sunflowers in movies
never in real life.
never in real life.3 people like this
@FourWalls (86940)
• United States
25 Jul 22
Identical twins can get a number of deals in movies (or they could before all of this wizardry with technology). I always think of those identical twin censors (played by Dan and Don Stanton) in Good Morning Vietnam as a brilliant use of identical twins in a film.
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@FourWalls (86940)
• United States
25 Jul 22
@JudyEv — there was a movie in the late 50s called The Parent Trap, which had Hayley Mills in both roles. Then The Patty Duke Show had her has “identical cousins.” In Bewitched, Elizabeth Montgomery played Samantha’s cousin Serena as well. So the notion of one actor playing multiple parts was there, but the technology now makes it a lot easier. And you can’t always find identical twins when you need them. 
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 22
@FourWalls I remember The Parent Trap. Hayley handled the two accents really well.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 Jul 22
I wish the twins that starred in the movie you saw find success either in the entertainment world or a profession that makes them happy.
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@Deepizzaguy (122379)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
25 Jul 22
@JudyEv I hope so as well since when a member of a family is more famous than their sibling, jealously happens between the relatives.
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 22
I couldn't get over how good they were - staring straight into the camera and conveying their thoughts with just the merest twitch of an eyebrow or mouth.
@RasmaSandra (98157)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Jul 22
That is a beautiful photo, I love sunflowers, Sounds like an interesting film I love seeing films with children,
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 22
A mum, dad and little girl go to the grandmother's house to clear it out after she passes away. The mum goes away for some reason and the girl meets another girl in the woods and they become friends. But the friend is actually the mother of the girl. They spend some happy times together then the mother returns and they all go back to the city. A bit complicated
The blurb says '.... explores a mother-daughter relationship across time. When Nelly loses her grandmother and arrives at her mother's childhood home, she explores the surrounding woods where her mother built a treehouse. When Nelly's mother abruptly leaves, she meets a girl in the woods.'
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
25 Jul 22
Wow, lovely sunflower field. I have seen such fields while traveling by train towards South India.
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@aninditasen (18202)
• Raurkela, India
26 Jul 22
@JudyEv We have such sunflower fields in South India.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
26 Jul 22
I would love to see a field of sunflowers like this, but I never have. How beautiful.
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jul 22
The sunflowers do look really lovely but it took ages before we found a field where they were all looking our way.
@Dreamerby (10111)
• Calcutta, India
25 Jul 22
I haven't seen this film yet. Will watch soon.
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@JudyEv (382693)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jul 22
It may not have been released everywhere yet. I'm not sure how new films work. It may not be on Netflix or whatever yet.
@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
25 Jul 22
It's tough for kids to stay in acting and continue with their education. Hope they can find a good balance. The sunflowers are beautiful.
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