Celine Sciamma on how film Petite Maman ‘abolishes the hierarchy’ in family

Petite Maman (Mubi/PA)

Acclaimed French director Celine Sciamma has said she wanted to “abolish the hierarchy within the family” in her latest movie, which shows a mother and daughter at the same age.

Petite Maman is the follow-up to Sciamma’s 2019 film Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, which was nominated for a Bafta and a British Independent Film Award and was shortlisted for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival, where it won best screenplay.