
The House(2022)
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.


“SOMETIMES WE CRY BECAUSE WE'RE HAPPY.”
After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.

Gaspard Schlatter
Courgette (voice)

Sixtine Murat
Camille (voice)

Paulin Jaccoud
Simon (voice)

Michel Vuillermoz
Raymond (voice)
Raul Ribera
Ahmed (voice)
Estelle Hennard
Alice (voice)
Elliot Sanchez
Jujube (voice)
Lou Wick
Béatrice (voice)

Brigitte Rosset
Aunt Ida (voice)

Natacha Koutchoumov
Courgette's Mother (voice)
My Life as a Zucchini is a animation, comedy, drama film released in 2016 exploring themes of orphanage, thief, stop motion, police officer, alcoholic, adult animation. Directed by Claude Barras, it stars Gaspard Schlatter, Sixtine Murat, Paulin Jaccoud. After his mother’s death, Zucchini is befriended by a kind police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. There, with the help of his newfound friends, Zucchini eventually learns to trust and love as he searches for a new family of his own.
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