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Director:
Jacques Doillon
Writers:
Jacques Doillon (written by)
Brune Compagnon (scenario collaborator: for first draft)
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Release Date:
14 March 1997 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama See more »
Plot:
An extremely captivating movie on how a little girl copes with her mother's death. She withdraws from all the people around her... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
10 wins & 3 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
(5 articles)
[Now Streaming] Your ’21 Jump Street,’ ‘Jeff Who Lives at Home’ and ‘The Kid With a Bike’ Alternative
 (From The Film Stage. 15 March 2012, 6:00 AM, PDT)
The new wave of child stars
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 26 July 2010, 1:33 AM, PDT)
Can Jennifer Lawrence Become the Second Youngest Best Actress Nominee?
 (From FilmExperience. 21 July 2010, 6:30 AM, PDT)
User Reviews:
A child's pain, up close and personal! See more (41 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)
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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Directed by
Jacques Doillon 
 
Writing credits
Jacques Doillon (written by)

Brune Compagnon (scenario collaborator: for first draft)

Produced by
Christine Gozlan .... executive producer
Alain Sarde .... producer
 
Original Music by
Philippe Sarde 
 
Cinematography by
Caroline Champetier 
 
Film Editing by
Jacqueline Fano  (as Jacqueline Lecompte)
 
Casting by
Christel Baras 
Sophie Blanvillain 
Antoinette Boulat 
Brune Compagnon 
Lola Doillon 
Ève Guillou 
Marick Hermet 
Magali Montoya 
Sandrine Revet 
 
Production Design by
Henri Berthon 
 
Makeup Department
Laurence Azouvy .... makeup artist: Marie Trintignant (as Laurence Azouvy-Jarriau)
 
Production Management
Eric Aufèvre .... assistant unit manager (as Eric Aufevre)
Laurence Diaz .... assistant unit manager
Pierre-Alban Guyot .... assistant unit manager
Philippe Robine .... assistant unit manager
Florence Sempé .... unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marie de Laubier .... assistant director
Sandrine Revet .... second assistant director
Emmanuel Rigaut .... third assistant director
 
Sound Department
Patrice Birzin .... cable person
Pascal Chauvin .... foley artist
Pascal Dedeye .... assistant foley artist
Michel Filippi .... post-synchronisation
Dominique Hennequin .... foley artist
Dominique Hennequin .... post-synchronisation
Dominique Hennequin .... sound
Jean-Claude Laureux .... sound editor
Jean-Claude Laureux .... sound
Jean-Louis Lebras .... boom operator (as Jean-Louis Le Bras)
Francis Perrard .... stereo sound consultant: Dolby (as Francis Perreard)
Brigitte Taillandier .... assistant sound
Nathalie Vidal .... assistant sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Julien Hirsch .... camera operator
Jean-Bernard Josko .... grip
Emilie de la Hosseraye .... still photographer
Lionel Rigothier .... assistant camera
Christian Weyers .... gaffer
 
Editorial Department
Saskia Berthod .... editor trainee
Gerard Savary .... color timer
 
Music Department
Hubert Bougis .... orchestrator
Michael Davis .... musician: violin
Keith Harvey .... musician: cello
David Snell .... conductor
Peter Strosser .... musician: piano
John Timperley .... music editor
 
Other crew
Valérie Arroyo .... administrator
Cécile Cabel .... production secretary
Ophélie Gelber .... assistant: instructor for children
Kris Portier de Bellair .... instructor: children acting
Muriel Robine .... production secretary
Eva Simonet .... press agent
Odile Sogno .... assistant: instructor for children
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Malaysia:U | South Korea:All | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7
Filming Locations:
Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze, Drôme, France
Company:
Les Films Alain SardeSee more »

Did You Know?

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.See 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.See more »
Quotes:
Ponette:Mommy, where are you?See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Killing Floor (2007)See more »

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User Reviews

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15 out of 15 people found the following review useful.
A child's pain, up close and personal!, 13 March 2001
Author: Peter Lusby (pjl@lusby.org) from San Diego, California, USA

Nobody watching this film can failed to be touched, moved, transported and transformed by it. Others here have already expressed the enormous power of the movie, and particularly of its star, Victoire Thivisol. If you're reading this to see if you should watch it, I'd say, drop everything and go buy it so you can watch it over and over. But buy a case of Kleenex (TM) too, you're going to need them!

As I watched the movie, I had the impression that director Jacques Doillon had simply found a real-life tragedy and somehow followed the participants through it with his camera. Nothing in this film gives you the impression of having been written, scripted, staged, produced. It is all so completely natural that you experience first hand the pain, the emotional agony of Ponette, as if she were your own daughter, your own sister, even your own self.

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