Mum is Pouring Rain (French: Maman pleut des cordes) is a French animated short film produced by Laïdak Films written by Hugo de Faucompret and Lison d'Andréa and directed by Hugo de Faucompret.
Released in 2021, it won the Jury Prize in the Special TV category at the Annecy international animated film festival the same year.
[1] Jane is looking forward to spending Christmas with her Mom who is battling a depression, after her dad's death so she is sent unknowingly to her Grandma's instead.
The holidays turn out to be quite an adventure as Jane meets new friends: Cloclo, the gigantic hobo who lives in the forest, and Sonia and Leon, two local kids.
The backgrounds of this 29-minutes-film were all hand-painted with gouache, and the 2D animation was digitally made on TVPaint with pencil-scratched lines feeling.