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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Ponette is a 1996 French film. It is directed by Jacques Doillon, who is well-regarded for bringing in inexperienced actors for lead roles in his films.The film centers on a little girl named Ponette, who has lost her mother in a car accident prior to the events of the film, which also subsequently broke Ponette's left hand. Sometime later, Ponette's father sends her to an aunt where she and her cousin are enrolled in a boarding school. Ponette's situation increasingly becomes more problematic as she is bullied for being motherless and is yet to come to terms with her mother's death, prompting her to start searching and waiting for her to appear.Ponette is well regarded for being rather somber and grim in its tone and characterization. The film received acclaim from critics for its tackling of a child losing her mother, with special praise being given to the lead actress, Victoire Thivisol, who played Ponette and was 4 during filming.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Ambiguous Situation: Ponette meets her mother at the cemetery beside her grave. It's made abundantly clear that she is dead, yet the circumstances of her presence are never really elaborated. She gives Ponette her own red sweater, which further adds to the mystique. Was it a hallucination in Ponette's mind or was it the ghost of her mother who came by to see Ponette and talk to her one last time?
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Alone in a Crowd: Ponette is usually reclusive and stows herself away from company more often than not, even in public areas, sulking about missing her mother.
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Anguished Outburst: Ponette gets into a fight against a schoolmate after she refused to return his toy gun to him, which then escalates to them whacking arms at each other and the boy stating that Ponette's mother died because she "had a bad child". The fight ends with Ponette running away in tears.
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