Little Nicholas

The animated film "Little Nick Tells of Happiness" is based on the famous children's books by Rene Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempe, but also tells the story of how this immortal children's book classic came about. The focus is not only on little Nick and his everyday adventures, but also on the special friendship between his two creators. The film begins in a drawing studio, where Goscinny and Sempe meet, talk about life and create their character, little Nick, together. But soon the cheeky boy himself comes to life, gets out of his drawing pad and starts talking to his inventors. Curious, he asks them questions - about life, happiness and their past. As episodes from Nick's life unfold - at school, with his friends, with his parents - the film tells the moving life stories of Goscinny and Sempe in parallel. Both grew up in difficult circumstances: Goscinny lost his father at an early age and lived in Argentina for a long time, Sempe struggled with family problems in France. Despite everything, both found solace in fantasy, drawing and writing - and ultimately in each other. In this way, the film moves between Nick's childlike, cheerful world and the authors' biographical retrospectives. The drawing style is based on Sempe's original illustrations - light, poetic and lovingly animated.