Ponette, written and directed by Jacques Doillon
How did they film this motion picture?
This was a question that haunted me during many
of the scenes of this very good movie, found here:
This is the New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movie
Ever Made List.
In addition, Ponette is definitely an outstanding
work of art.
Having said that, I must say that the idea that
a little child, perhaps only five years old, is suffering makes the viewer
uneasy.
This is a best guess.
The alternative would be that the child actor,
Victoire Thivisol is so magnificent that she can play with emotions.
The girl at the center of the story, Ponette is
crying a lot and trying to figure how they filmed that, I thought of this:
Maybe they just let kids play, and there is a
lot of that in the narrative of the film, and then they just record.
This would be improvisation for adult actors
and in this case, I can only hope that children just enjoyed themselves.
During the games, it is inevitable that
accidents happen, quarrels take place and that is when we see pain on screen.
We cannot envisage that they just inflicted
torment on the children and hence they made them show grief…
Can we?
A scene comes to mind, wherein Ponette id
playing with other children and she has to stay within a bin.
Closed in for some minutes.
The other participants in the game even
consider leaving and letting the poor playmate suffer inside.
Children can be so cruel…this is one sad
conclusion I took out of the film, explaining in part what they do as adults.
Again, the thought of how they put that on
stage gave me the version where someone inside accompanies the girl.
The main theme of the motion picture is the
death of the mother, because of a car accident that we do not see.
The father is very upset and condemns the dead
wife for what happened and the injury suffered by the daughter.
Ponette cannot come to terms with her mother’s
departure and she tries to meet with her again.
An aunt is explaining religion to the little
girl, talking about Jesus and paradise, where the parent surely went.
The heroine prays to God and this is heart
breaking and so resplendent, admirable at the same time.
I have appreciated these emotional, mesmerizing
scenes in the motion picture and not the rest.
Notwithstanding the innocence and interesting
exchanges taking place during the children’s games, it feels…
Déjà vu
The father appears to have an inappropriate
behavior when faced with the unusual behavior of the daughter.
Ponette takes longer to deal with the Trauma of
losing her mother and she stays in a state of denial.
She acts in an outré manner.
However, to call her crazy is too much.
Even if she does think that, the late parent
finally comes back to earth or life and talks to her at the cemetery.
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Alternatively, maybe she did return?
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Moreover, it was not the girl hallucinating.
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