These stories are framed by another gentler tale.

Les Perdris, "The partridges", is a shorter and rather gentler tale.

Was his father, the monstrous, mean-spirited man that he was, taken with these gentle tales?

(Girls invent gentler tales.)

Serene Lim, a reviewer for Today, labelled the film a "gentle tale of a teenage romance".

It was one of the Grimm Brothers' gentler tales.

All of which lend a slightly mystical bent and an understated sweetness to this gentle tale of a boy's artistic awakening.

This gentle rags-to-riches tale set in the Los Angeles barrio is a good-natured parable that, unfortunately, doesn't pack much commercial punch.

Groves also criticized the film's storyline, calling it a "a gentle, humourless, uncomplicated tale of friendship in an alien environment."

One4Review said that the show was "lovely, with some beautiful and poignant moments... well worth catching... a nicely done, gentle tale of love."