Ponette

'Ponette', 1996

A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.

A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.

Director

Jacques Doillon

Runtime

97 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Drama

Keywords

little girl, bereavement, grief, child's point of view, preteenage heroine

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Ponette

Jacques Doillon, 1996

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Aspect ratio

1.66 : 1

Color

Color

Screening formats

35 mm

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Storyline

A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.

An extremely captivating movie on how a little girl copes with her mother's death. She withdraws from all the people around her, waiting for her mother to come back. She tries waiting, and when her mother still doesn't appear, tries magic chants, praying to God, and then becoming a child of God, to have some power over Him. All to no avail. But then, when she is in despair, her mother does come back ...

Summary

A four-year-old girl tries to come to terms with the sudden death of her mother.

Synopsis

An extremely captivating movie on how a little girl copes with her mother's death. She withdraws from all the people around her, waiting for her mother to come back. She tries waiting, and when her mother still doesn't appear, tries magic chants, praying to God, and then becoming a child of God, to have some power over Him. All to no avail. But then, when she is in despair, her mother does come back ...

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Cast & crew

Cast

Victoire Thivisol

Actress

Delphine Schiltz

Actress

Matiaz Bureau Caton

Actor

Crew

Director

Jacques Doillon

Screenwriter

Brune Compagnon

Screenwriter

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