PonetteDirected by Jacques Doillon
Produced by Les Films Alain Sarde
Genres : Fiction - Runtime : 1 h 37 min
French release : 25/09/1996
Production year : 1996
DirectorActorsSynopsisPonette is four years old when her mother dies in an accident. This absence is unbearable for her. She speaks to her mom, waits for her, looks for her, with certitude and ever growing pig-headedness. No one can convince her that she will not find her. About"Not to shortchange her desire... Ponette is a child who does not let up on her desire, who does not accept what others try to put over on her. She does battle with her entourage. She won't swallow any old nonsense for the sake of consolation. She gives herself the right to refuse, she behaves as if she were her own person. She resists. I like how she resists, with such stubborness. I like how she refuses what we think we're obliged to accept. Adult lives are filled with renunciation. When they're small, the children are really resilient. And as they grow they abandon that. If we each gave in a little more to our desire, we could do a lot. It was perhaps this adult cowardice which led me to film little Ponette meeting Victoire."
(Jacques Doillon) Production and distributionAssociate production company : Les Films Alain Sarde
Co-production : Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Film export/Foreign Sales : Studiocanal
French distribution : Bac Films Distribution
Full creditsExecutive Producer : Alain Sarde
Screenwriter : Jacques Doillon
Director of Photography : Caroline Champetier
Sound Recordists : Jean-Claude Laureux, Dominique Hennequin
Press Attachés (film) : Eva Simonet, Nathalie Gorgon
Editor : Jacqueline Lecompte
Production Designer : Henri Berthon
Music Composer : Philippe Sarde
French Distributor : Jean Labadie
Technical detailsFeature film
Genres : Fiction
Sub-genre : Drama
Themes : Deuil, Childhood, Death
Production language : French
Nationality : 100% French
Production year : 1996
French release : 25/09/1996
Runtime : 1 h 37 min
Current status : Released
Visa number : 88.543
Visa issue date : 11/09/1996
Approval : Yes
Production formats :
35mm
Screening format :
35mm
Color type : Color
Aspect ratio : 1.66
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