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Release year: 2015

Storyline

A little girl lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of the Little Prince.

Top credits

Directors

Mark Osborne

Writers

Cast

Jeff Bridges — The Aviator
Mackenzie Foy — The Little Girl
Rachel McAdams — The Mother
Marion Cotillard — The Rose

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Did you know

• The stop-motion scenes in the desert were mostly created using paper, even the Little Prince himself was made out of paper clay.

• Olivier d'Agay, author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's grand nephew and spokesman for the Saint-Exupery estate, said in an email to the Los Angeles Times in January 2016: "The movie is extremely faithful to the book. The story of the little girl, her friendship with the aviator, and her conflict with her mother [illustrate] the place of children today in a tough world of competition and solitude. That's why the two stories are well-linked. This is the originality and the genius of that movie: to show that the magic and the power of the book is still operating today."

• Mark Osborne revealed that the book deeply affected him on a personal level when it was given to him by his wife years ago, back when they were dating. The two were college students at the time and trying to keep their long-distance relationship alive. "The Little Prince brought us back together," he admits. "I paid very close attention to it. It means so much to me and to everyone who has read the book because it connects you to the significant relationships and friendships in your life." Osborne's wife is thanked in the credits.