My Life as a Zucchini
“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.
Genres
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Studio
Gébéka Films
Language
fr
Status
Released
How My Life as a Zucchini performed
Budget
$8.0M
Worldwide Gross
$5.9M
Gross Profit
−$2.1M
Return
0.7× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$625K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~38/62, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (28% of the domestic run, typical for Animation) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Courgette (voice)
Gaspard Schlatter
Courgette (voice)
Camille (voice)
Sixtine Murat
Camille (voice)
Simon (voice)
Paulin Jaccoud
Simon (voice)
Raymond (voice)
Michel Vuillermoz
Raymond (voice)
Ahmed (voice)
Raul Ribera
Ahmed (voice)
Alice (voice)
Estelle Hennard
Alice (voice)
Jujube (voice)
Elliot Sanchez
Jujube (voice)
Béatrice (voice)
Lou Wick
Béatrice (voice)
Aunt Ida (voice)
Brigitte Rosset
Aunt Ida (voice)
Courgette's Mother (voice)
Natacha Koutchoumov
Courgette's Mother (voice)
Mrs. Papineau (voice)
Monica Budde
Mrs. Papineau (voice)
Mr. Paul (voice)
Adrien Barazzone
Mr. Paul (voice)
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