‘LITTLE NICHOLAS: HAPPY AS CAN BE’ will Open Wide in 2023

ANNECY FILM FESTIVAL WINNER ‘LITTLE NICHOLAS: HAPPY AS CAN BE’OPENED IN LOS ANGELES DECEMBER 16

After it’s Oscar-qualifying run it will open wide in 2023

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“The film unfolds at a cracking pace, mirroring the boisterous, fizzing energy

of a curious young mind…. It is a film that reveals its love of animation throughout…. A sweet, charming and very entertaining film. ”

-Allan Hunter, Screen Daily

“If you need to smile, you need to see this.”

“… absolutely worth your time.”

-Steve Kopian, Unseen Films

Buffalo 8 has obtained the U.S. rights to playful animated feature Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be directed by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre and based on French bestselling children’s book series ‘Le Petit Nicolas.’ The film honors the legacy of the original creators, writer René Goscinny, recipient of the Honorary César and the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, and celebrated cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, who collaborated on their covers with the “New Yorker” from 1978 to 2019, and described for having “the elegance of always remaining light” by French President, Emmanuel Macron.

This charismatic film weaves together the adventures of schoolboy Nicholas and his creators, René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé. The film is a labor of love, spanning several years in the making, capturing the original series’ strength and humor through its star-studded and accomplished cast. René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé are voiced by award-winning actors Alain Chabat (Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra) and Laurent Lafitte (The Takedown, Elle). Several key producers helped bring Goscinny and Sempé’s story to life: Aton Soumache (The Little Prince, Miraculous, Renaissance, Upside Down), Lilian Eche (White Fang, The Room, Renaissance). Co-Writer Anne Goscinny, René Goscinny’s daughter, pays tribute to the original story along with Michel Fessler and Benjamin Massoubre (I lost my body). Ludovic Bource (The Artist, Escape from Planet Earth), responsible for scoring the film, has received trophies from the Golden Globes® and The Academy Awards®.

First published in 1959 in the Sud-Quest Dimanche newspaper, the ‘Nicolas’ stories enchanted the French audience. More than 222 ‘Le Petit Nicolas’ stories were published and later created into books. ‘Le Petit Nicolas’ soon took the world by storm, selling more than 15 million copies, and was translated into 40 languages.