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Edition 2026

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris

United States 2006 100 min English
(c) Twentieth Century Fox

Although the Hoovers are far from a balanced model family, when Olive unexpectedly receives an invitation to compete in the highly selective Little Miss Sunshine pageant in California, the whole family rallies behind her. Packed into their rusty Volkswagen van, they embark on a tragicomic three-day journey filled with unexpected events, while Olive’s pageant debut profoundly transforms this eccentric family in ways no one could have imagined… 

Crédits

Interprètes

Greg Kinnear, Toni Collette, Steve Carell, Paul Dano 

Screenplay

MICHAEL ARNDT

Image

TIM SUHRSTEDT, A.S.C.

Editing

PAMELA MARTIN

Music

MYCHAEL DANNA, DEVOTCHKA

Production

FOX SEARCHLIGHT Pictures, Big Beach Film

Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris

Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are an American directing and producing duo, also known for their work in music videos. Their debut feature, Little Miss Sunshine (2006), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, became an international success, and won two Academy Awards. They later directed Ruby Sparks, Battle of the Sexes, starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell, and the series Fleishman Is in Trouble

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Distribution : Twentieth Century Fox