'Petite Maman' Review: An 8-Year-Old Makes a Special Connection, and So Will Audiences 'Petite Maman' Review: An 8-Year-Old Makes a Special Connection, and So Will Audiences 'Tomboy' director Céline Sciamma returns to the realm of childhood, this time with the aid of a device that brings generations together. Peter Debruge, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 72 MIN. Variety “Give me a child until he is 7, and I will show you the man,” proposed Aristotle, to which fiercely feminist French director Céline Sciamma might add, “Give me a woman, and I will show you the free, unbroken spirit she still was at age 8.”