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PONETTE

by Jacques Doillon

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 ...

original title: Ponette
country: France
year: 1996
genre: fiction
directed by: Jacques Doillon
film run: 97'
release date: FR 25/09/1996, ES 08/11/1996, GR 11/1996, CH 23/05/1997, DK 15/08/1997, PT 24/04/1998, NL 04/06/1998, UK 26/06/1998, DE 18/08/1998, PL 06/11/1998, RU 26/02/1999
screenplay: Jacques Doillon, Brune Compagnon
cast: Victoire Thivisol, Delphine Schiltz, Matiaz Bureau Caton
cinematography by: Caroline Champetier
film editing: Jacqueline Fano
art director: Henri Berthon
costumes designer: Astrid Traissac
producer: Alain Sarde
executive producer: Christine Gozlan

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