Les malheurs de Sophie

I loved this animation so much as a kid! When I was little, I used to sit down on Saturday mornings and watch the episodes pre-recorded by my mother on videotape, so we would sit down on the couch and watch together. Although I watched the English-dubbed version of it, which was called "Trouble with Sophie" in English, regardless of whether this cartoon is in English or French, I absolutely love the animation. The colours, the forms are so realistic, it's like a work of art. It was definitely one of the animations that made up by childhood.

Sophie's character is portrayed beautifully in this animation too. She as well as Madame Fleurville were my favourite characters in this. I wish that there is some place where I can find the English version of "Les malheurs de Sophie", but other than that, this was an excellent animation. Excellent, beautiful and each episode was filled with excitements.

Bernard Deyriès has found a very interesting way to transfer the Segur classic to the screen.Instead of treating each chapter one after the other ,which could be rather dull -as Jean-Claude Brialy 's attempt had already showed-,he chose to group several stories in four sketches :"the tea" "the donkey" "funeral for a doll" and "glacé fruits" .He introduced characters who would appear later in Segur's work (Jean and Leon are featured in "les vacances" but they appear in the donkey episode).Paul's parents are not good parents,but it will only be revealed in "les vacances" too.

It's the first part of a trilogy,which encompasses "les petites filles modèles" and "les vacances" .Those books were also transferred to the screen by Dériès and François and are available on DVD (but under the general title of "les malheurs de Sophie").Recommended for grade schools who wish to study Segur's works.