Ponette
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jacques Doillon
Luckie Royer
Henri Berthon
Xavier Beauvois
Delphine Schiltz
Victoire Thivisol
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Portrait of a bewildered 4-year-old girl, Ponette, who receives the news that her mother has been killed in a car accident in which her own life was spared. Her heartbroken father tries, ineffectually, to comfort the distraught child, who can barely comprehend what happened. Soon after, the father has to go away on business and leaves Ponette with her aunt and cousins.
Director
Jacques Doillon
Cast
Luckie Royer
Henri Berthon
Xavier Beauvois
Delphine Schiltz
Victoire Thivisol
Marianna Favre
Peter Strosser
Keith Harvey
Matiaz Bureau Caton
Michael Davis
Marie Trintignant
Carla Ibled
Aurelie Verillon
Leopoldine Serre
Antoine Dumerle
Claire Nebout
Crew
Laurence Azouvy
Christine Baras
Henri Berton
Sophie Blanvillain
Hubert Bougis
Antoinette Boulat
Caroline Champetier Deribes
Pascal Chauvin
Brune Compagnon
Brune Compagnon
Marie De Laubier
Jacques Doillon
Lola Doillon
Michel Filippi
Christine Gozlan
Eve Guillou
Dominique Hennequin
Dominique Hennequin
Marick Hermet
Jean-claude Laureux
Jacqueline Lecompte
Magali Montoya
Sandrine Revet
Sandrine Revet
Emmanuel Rigaut
Alain Sarde
Philippe Sarde
Florence Sempe
David Snell
John Timperley
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 1997 award for Best Foreign-Language Film from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States January 1997
Released in United States June 20, 1997
Released in United States March 1997
Released in United States November 1996
Released in United States on Video May 26, 1998
Released in United States Summer May 23, 1997
Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.
Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 29 - September 9, 1996.
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (in competition) August 29 - September 9, 1996.)
Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival in Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.)
Released in United States March 1997 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade Theater) as part of program "Rendez-Vous With French Cinema Today" March 14-27, 1997.)
Released in United States Summer May 23, 1997
Released in United States on Video May 26, 1998
Released in United States June 20, 1997 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States November 1996 (Shown at Thessaloniki International Film Festival (Main Programme) November 8-17, 1996.)
