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The Hedgehog

Play trailer Poster for The Hedgehog 2011,  1h 40m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 88% 68 Reviews Tomatometer 83% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
88% Tomatometer 68 Reviews 83% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
While planning her suicide, a precocious 11-year-old (Garance Le Guillermic) befriends a new neighbor (Togo Igawa) and a prickly recluse (Josiane Balasko).

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Chicago Reader Feb 6, 2018
Lacking any depth of its own, this upper-middlebrow French drama resorts to the old trick of referencing acknowledged masters. Go to Full Review
Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Oct 7, 2011
3/5
Le Guillermic is fine in this calm comedy of subverted exteriors and expectations, but it's the remarkably unpretentious -- earthy, even -- Balasko who anchors Achache's adaptation. Go to Full Review
Calvin Wilson St. Louis Post-Dispatch Oct 7, 2011
3.5/4
"The Hedgehog" sneaks up on you with its heartfelt storytelling and sophisticated wit. Go to Full Review
Ellie Lucas From the Front Row Aug 6, 2019
2.5/4
Walks a fine line between sentimentality and cynicism, and emerges as a lovely and modern fable. Go to Full Review
Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner Jan 8, 2019
3/4
[Garance] Le Guillermic is irresistible, making a character that could come off as a haughty brat utterly delightful. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey SF360 Mar 30, 2016
Nicely crafted, The Hedgehog seldom aims to be more than a pleasant low-key diversion-at which it succeeds-so it's jolting when the story pulls an abrupt late turn that casts everything in a more serious, ambitious light. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Mona Achache

Director

Josiane Balasko

Renée Michel

Togo Igawa

Kakuro Ozu

Garance Le Guillermic

Paloma Josse

Anne Brochet

Solange Josse

Ariane Ascaride

Manuela Lopez

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Movie Info

Synopsis While planning her suicide, a precocious 11-year-old (Garance Le Guillermic) befriends a new neighbor (Togo Igawa) and a prickly recluse (Josiane Balasko).
Director
Mona Achache
Producer
Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Screenwriter
Mona Achache
Distributor
Neoclassic Films
Production Co
Pathé, Les Films des Tournelles
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 19, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 10, 2015
Runtime
1h 40m
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