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Ponette. "Ponette" enters the mystery of a little girl's mind at the age of 4, when she has all of her intelligence but little experience and information. Ponette has been in a car crash. Her arm was broken.
A 4-year-old French girl, Ponette (Victoire Thivisol) waits for the return of her mother, who has just died at an auto accident. This beautiful and sensitive drama surprised a lot of people when won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival 1996, given to a 5-year-old novice, Victoire Thivisol.
May 25, 2021 · Directed by Jacques Doillon. Written by Jacques Doillon and Brune Compagnon. Starring Victoire Thivisol, Marie Trintignant, and Xavier Beauvois. Runtime: 97 minutes. Available on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Classics starting May 25, 2021. by Jaime Davis, The Fixer. What does a child think about death?
Jun 26, 1998 · 26 Jun 1998. Running Time: 93 minutes. Certificate: PG. Original Title: Ponette. Twenty months after four-year-old Thivisol won the Best Actress award at Venice, Britain gets a chance to glimpse...
Mar 14, 2012 · Four-year-old Victoire Thivisol won the best actress award at the 1996 Venice Festival for the title role, a prize which probably belonged more to writer/director Jacques Doillon.
It's the story of a five-year-old trying to come to grips with the death of her mother in a car accident. Ponette's attempts to rationalise what has happened and her efforts to "bargain" with God to see her mother one last time are by turns funny, touching, magical, and incredibly sad.