Le Petit Homme

Jodie Foster directs this portrait of giftedness. A single mother struggles to raise her child prodigy, balancing his intellectual needs with his emotional development. It's a movie that perhaps mistakes precocity for depth.

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Le Petit Homme was released in 1991 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 99 minutes.