My Mommy is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill

Animated heartstring-tugger for the whole family, following a young boy whose imagination helps him cope with his mother's passing.

"In a small provincial town in France in the 1970s, Jean has just started school. When the teacher asks each child to talk about their parents’ work, Jean, realising that he is not like the other kids, invents an answer: “My mom, she’s a secretary.” In fact, his mom is always away on trips and she sends postcards to Michèle, the little next-door neighbour who reads them to Jean, which sets him dreaming. But reality is something else entirely, which is what Jean slowly begins to understand in the months leading up to Christmas…" (Alliance Française French Film Festival)

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