PONETTE (1996)
JACQUES DOILLON
Plot
Powerful, touching drama, for which 4 year old Victoire Thivisol won the Best Actress Award at the 1996 Venice Film Festival. After a car accident in which her mother is killed and Ponette is injured, the little girl is bewildered and barely aware of the enormity of what's happened. Sent to stay with her aunt and cousins while her father is away on business, Ponette begins to learn the painful lesson of what grief really means. Beautifully played.