Directors – Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han – 2025 – France – Cert. PG – 77m ***** A Belgian diplomat’s baby daughter growing up in Japan comes to realise, by her third birthday, that she is not God – plays in the Annecy International Animation Festival 2026 which runs from Sunday, 21st June to Saturday 27th […]
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