Although it sounds like a possible title for a Sarkozy biopic, “Le petit Nicolas” actually reps the first screen adaptation of a popular series of French children’s books from the ’60s. Unfortunately, ...

a self-confident schoolboy whose escapades drive his parents and teachers to distraction, and his readers to tears of laughter. Created by author Rene Goscinny and artist Jean-Jacques Sempe nearly 50 ...

"Little Nicolas" is technically proficient, features two of France's best comic actors and has been timed to mark the 50th anniversary of cartoon character Le Petit Nicolas' first appearance in print.

Laurent Tirard’s Petit Nicolas is poised to become the most successful French film of 2009. The Wild Bunch Distribution release is less than 100,000 admissions from taking the top spot as it enters ...

Jean-Jacques Sempe died at his holiday residence, his biographer said in a statement. The news agency further said that Little Nicolas, an idealised vision of childhood in 1950s France, became an ...

Writer Rene Goscinny and illustrator Jean-Jacques Sempe’s classic French children’s books Little Nicholas(Le Petit Nicolas) are set to be adapted into a hand-drawn 2d feature produced by On ...