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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Jacques Doillon (written by)
Brune Compagnon (scenario collaborator: for first draft)
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Release Date:
14 March 1997 (USA) more
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Plot:
An extremely captivating movie on how a little girl copes with her mother's death. She withdraws from all the people around her... more | add synopsis
Awards:
9 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
The finest child performance in movie history more (40 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Victoire Thivisol ... Ponette
Delphine Schiltz ... Delphine
Matiaz Bureau Caton ... Matiaz
Léopoldine Serre ... Ada
Marie Trintignant ... La mère
Xavier Beauvois ... Le père
Claire Nebout ... La tante
Aurélie Vérillon ... Aurélie
Henri Berthon ... L'Instituteur
Carla Ibled ... Carla
Luckie Royer ... Luce
Antoine du Merle ... Antoine
Marianne Favre ... Marianne
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hadrien Bouvier ... Extra
Benjamin Lemaire ... Anthony
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Ponette (USA)
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Runtime:
97 min
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1.66 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The magic spell the kids say, "Ta'ali Takum", is actually the "Talitha koum" of Jesus. In Mark 5:41, Jesus says the phrase "Talitha koum" (Aramaic for "Little girl, get up") to a dead girl, when he resurrects her. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the cemetery scene, Ponette is shown piling dirt onto her legs as she kneels beside the grave. In the next shot, her legs have no dirt and her pants are clean. more
Quotes:
Matiaz: Ponette's waiting for her mom.
La tante: It's just a game.
Matiaz: No, she's really waiting.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Killing Floor (2007) more

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The finest child performance in movie history, 6 January 2001
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Author: xyumaboy from Tucson, AZ

is given by 4 year-old Victoire Thivisol. Differences in how people deal with death and the role religion plays are brought into focus in this outstanding, thought provoking and unrelenting heartbreaking film. Death and religion are difficult enough concepts for adults but to thrust them upon a 4 year old child and watch her battle to understand why her mother is dead is captured beautifully and thoughtfully in Ponette. This is a must see.

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