Ponette

Ponette

  • Director: Jacques Doillon
  • Writer: Jacques Doillon,Brune Compagnon
  • Countries of origin: France
  • Language: French
  • Release date: March 14, 1997
  • Sound mix: Dolby Stereo
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: Понетт
  • Ponette is a feature film directed by Jacques Doillon and starring Victoire Thivisol , Marie Trintignant and Xavier Beauvois , which premiered on September 10, 1996 at the 21st Toronto International Film Festival in Canada   .
    The film tells the story of 4-year-old Bonnet, who lost her mother in a car accident. After knowing that God can help her, she strives to become God's daughter and wants God to give her mother back   .

    Details

    • Release date March 14, 1997
    • Filming locations Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze, Drôme, France
    • Production companies Les Films Alain Sarde, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Centre Européen Cinématographique Rhône-Alpes

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,300,377

    Gross worldwide

    $1,300,377

    Movie reviews

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    • By Lawrence 2022-03-21 09:03:17

      little lonely star

      A film that you never dare to watch a second time after watching it once. It feels cruel to have a little girl who is only four years old play such a role, although she won the best woman at the Venice Film Festival for this film. The protagonist became the youngest actress in film history. A four-year-old girl can actually show such complex feelings. Of course, I personally express that I am a little skeptical about the children's dialogue. I don't know much about foreign education. Kind of...

    • By Genoveva 2022-03-20 09:02:56

      in the eyes of the child

      This film has the performance of the youngest actress. In the film, Ponette plays an unusual magic, her immaturity is no different from other children, but there is a temperament that is different from other children, for her performance Her character has a vague understanding and awareness, and this specious cloud guides her. This kind of performance is natural and direct to the point. This is our 4-year-old Ponette. I always think of her rubbing Face with mixed emotions, stubborn waiting...

    • By Clement 2022-03-18 09:01:09

      little lonely star

      I prefer the translated name "Little Lone Star" to "Sorrowful God's Little Daughter". Ponette tries hard to become God's daughter, just to say one more word to her mother. A four-year-old child who doesn't know how to live, let alone die? Ponette, who lost her mother, is like a lonely little star, hanging faintly in the sky, pursuing the answer she wants with her pure and sad eyes.
          In addition, it is said that this little girl became the youngest actress in the history of the film...

    • By Doris 2022-02-07 14:51:30

      Heartache that no one can stop...

      About ten years ago, walking out of the Broadway Cinema Center in the warm sunshine, my eyes were still wet. How can I believe that such a little girl can act so realistically? I think I probably projected the image of my sister as Xiaobao ...the little heroine in the movie is so heartfelt!

      A director I have never heard of, a group of young actors, a simple but heartbreaking story, make up" "Little Lone Star" is a movie that is deeply etched in my mind.

      Cute little treasure,...

    • By Augustine 2022-02-07 14:51:30

      after the tears

      Such a film with a common theme makes me constantly pay attention to every little action - wiping my nose, biting my sweater, and even just turning my pupils slightly. What is this film trying to say? Is it just the story of a sensitive girl who lost her mother?
      4-year-old ponette (the epitome of all the "fragile and independent" people I can think of), who refuses the real world, refuses to let go of the hand of sadness, but at the same time is the most righteous optimist, holding a...

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    • By Brain 2022-04-23 07:04:38

      Four-year-old Victoire Thivisol is so good-looking, why don't you make more...

    • By Gladys 2022-04-23 07:04:38

      TT elle m'a appris d'etre heureuse. ne sois pas un enfant...

    • By Marshall 2022-04-23 07:04:38

      The child is so cute.. the beginning is so...

    • By Cameron 2022-04-22 07:01:53

      The shots are almost always close-ups and close-ups. This method of shooting takes acting skills into consideration, but it also makes the audience feel very aggrieved and...

    • By Kristy 2022-04-22 07:01:53

      When her father came to pick her up, she said to her father that my mother wanted me to learn to be happy... It was amazing to be the Venice actress at the age of 4!...

    Movie plot

    4-year-old Bonnet learned from her father that her mother died after a car accident. Little Bonnet cried with sadness, and because of her father's work, she needed to live at her aunt's house. Bonnet refused to admit that her mother had left her. She believed that God would bring her back to her. She often avoided everyone by herself and continued to hope for her mother to appear. No matter how her father, aunt, and cousin comforted...
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    Evaluation action

    "Ponette" made the audience marvel at the innocence of the child. The audience felt sad for the little girl, and seemed to think that there was no other arrangement for the film, but the director unexpectedly gave the heroine Ponette a bright ending. The mother's appearance at the end of the film is accompanied by a yellowish light, every minute is an ideal color, this is the most memorable part of the film  (Review of "World Growing...
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    Movie quotes

    • La Fille de l'Internet: You shouldn't be so sad.

      Ponette: Yes, I should.

      La Fille de l'Internet: Your mother was sad, too. She cried on her way to Heaven. God cried as He waited for her. When God was on earth as Jesus, He cried, too. But usually He was as joyful as a child.

      Ponette: It isn't joyful to be a child.

    • Ponette: I'm waiting for my mommy.

      Matiaz: Dead people don't come back.

      Ponette: Jesus did it for his friends. I'm more than a friend. I'm my mommy's daughter.

      Matiaz: Grandpa never came back.

      Ponette: That's because no one was waiting for him.

    • Ponette: Mommy, where are you?