Recently orphaned, 8-year-old Violette goes to live with her uncle Régis, a maintenance worker at the Château de Versailles. Shy, Violette hates him: she thinks he stinks, so she decides she won’t say a word to him. Behind the scenes of the Sun King, the stubborn little girl and the big bear will tame each other and go through their grief together.
Cast/Avec
Emi Lucas-Viguier
Frédéric Pierrot
Anne Alvaro
Malcolm Vallet-Armellino
Céline Ronté
Julien Sibre
Screenplay
Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
Sound
Anne-Sophie Coste
Antoine Gervais
Marie Mazière
Vincent Verdoux
Music
Albin de la Simone
Production
Films Grand Huit
Trailer and photos
My life in Versailles - Bande-Annonce
Jury Award, Annecy International Film Festival, 2019, fr
Grand Prize Short Film Award, New York International Children’s Film Festival, 2020, us
Coup de Cœur du Jury Public, Les Enfants Terribles Film Festival, 2019, be
Prix Unifrance compétition jeune public, Festival International du Film en plein air de Grenoble, 2019, fr
Nathaniel H’limi
Graduated from the Beaux-arts in 2009, Nathaniel H’Limi directed stop-motion clips and had a parallel career as an art director (Nike, Leboncoin, Peugeot,…). In 2013, Nathaniel left to travel. He lived in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia and returned to France two years later. This passion for travel is reflected in his series of drawings “Bivouac”, as well as in his illustrations for the magazine “LONG COURS”. In 2016, he co-directed his first animated film La vie de Château (2020).
Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat grew up in Paris. After studying Modern Literature, she decided to devote herself fully to screenwriting and joined the “Indélébiles” group. She directed several short films as well as La Vie de Château (2020). She worked as a scriptwriter on different projects for series like Nox (2017), Nona et ses filles (2021), Voltaire Mixte (2021), for feature films like Revenir (2019), for short films like Les Bigorneaux (2018) and on virtual reality projects such as L’île des morts (2018).