
Remi, Nobody's Boy

At the age of 10 years, young Rémi is snatched from his adoptive mother and entrusted to the signor Vitalis, a mysterious itinerant musician. Has its hard sides - he will learn the harsh life of acrobat and sing to win his bread. Accompanied by the faithful dog capi and of the small monkey Joli-Coeur, his long trip through France, made for meetings, friendships and mutual assistance, leads him to the secret of its origins.
_Rémi sans famille / Rémi Nobody's Boy_ is like a child's birthday party magician. It looks impressive on the surface but has little heart and soul.
Technically the visuals were lush but the script and director were not able to elicit the empathy from the audience necessary to invest in this live action retelling of a French children's novel (1878) / Japanese manga series (1982 in France).