Independent distributors NeoClassics Films will release on Blu-ray French director Mona Achache's Le hérisson a.k.a The Hedgehog (2010), starring Josiane Balasko, Garance Le Guillermic, and Togo Igawa. In 2010, The Hedgehog won the Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film at the Seattle International Film Festival. Street date is June 12th.
Inspired by the beloved New York Times bestseller, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery, The Hedgehog is the timely story of Paloma (Le Guillermic) a young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming twelfth birthday. Using her father's old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from the grumpy building concierge, Renée Michel (Too Beautiful For You's Josiane Balasko). When Paloma's camera reveals the extensive secret library in Renée's back room, and that the often gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As the unlikely friendship deepens, Paloma's own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect.