{"id":1658,"date":"2017-10-06T13:55:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T13:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2017-10-06T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T13:55:26","slug":"my-life-as-a-courgette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/?p=1658","title":{"rendered":"My Life as a Courgette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Courgette.jpg\" alt=\"Puppets\" width=\"315\" height=\"445\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1659\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Courgette.jpg 315w, http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Courgette-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 85vw, 315px\" \/> &#8216;Courgette&#8217; is an European stop-motion animated film from director Claude Barras and writer Celine Sciamma. (64 mins) After losing his drunken mother in an unfortunate accident, nine year old Icare, nicknamed &#8216;Courgette&#8217; is taken to a care home by a kindly policeman. The other kids have equally shocking backstories of abuse and neglect. Courgette has trouble fitting in at first, but a new girl, Camille, arrives whom he recognises as a kindred spirit.<br \/>\nThe stylised puppets with their large heads and minimal expressions fit the story. Each child has a distinct character and it is hard not to sympathise with them. Their ill-informed conversations about sex are funny, and the disco scene is one of the highlights of the movie.<br \/>\nFor once, the care system and carers get a positive report.<br \/>\nParents: note that this is PG rated &#8211; Disney it&#8217;s not.<br \/>\nHighly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Courgette&#8217; is an European stop-motion animated film from director Claude Barras and writer Celine Sciamma. (64 mins) After losing his drunken mother in an unfortunate accident, nine year old Icare, nicknamed &#8216;Courgette&#8217; is taken to a care home by a kindly policeman. The other kids have equally shocking backstories of abuse and neglect. Courgette has &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/?p=1658\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My Life as a Courgette&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1661,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1658\/revisions\/1661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sandg-anime-reviews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}