Le petit Nicolas Little Nicholas
(DVD) 

Originally released as motion picture in 2009.

Based on the work of René Goscinny and Jean-Jacques Sempé.

Cinematographer, Denis Rouden ; film editor, Valérie Deseine ; original music, Klaus Badelt.

Maxim Godart (Nicolas), Valérie Lemercier (mother of Nicolas), Kad Merad (father of Nicolas), Sandrine Kiberlain (the school teacher), François-Xavier Demaison (Le Bouillon).

The film is narrated from the perspective of young Nicolas who is content with his life, is loved by his family and has fun with his school friends. One day, his classmate Joachim discovers his mother is pregnant and he is soon to have a little brother. Joachim laments about the extra responsibilities and the possible neglect as the baby will receive all the attention. That night, Nicolas overhears his parents talking and suspects his Mum is having a baby, and they will abandon him in the woods like Tom Thumb. Nicolas enlists the help of his friends to get rid of the baby by hiring a gangster to kidnap it, resulting in hilarious misadventures and laughs along the way.

DVD.

In French with English subtitles. Closed-captioned.