Ponette

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Summary: Unforgettable & fabulous
Review: I saw Ponette when the USA Film Festival brought it in for a screening a couple years ago. Very very few films have ever moved me emotionally but Ponette is the exception. Incredible script, story line and acting. Definitely a must see.

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Summary: A MUST MUST SEE MOVIE!
Review: I had watched this movie for 5 times! And it made me cried 5 times! It is the best movie which I have ever seen in my life!

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Summary: unequivilent!
Review: i've never watched a movie that has moved me. i cried for hours after i watched this movie. i don't think that i will ever seen any that is equivilent.

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Summary: The movie and especially the actress was SUPERB! Natural...
Review: I just saw the movie on cable...I didn't catch it from the beginning...two seconds into watching the performance of little Victoire Thivisole and I was hooked!! What a beautiful and natural child, she broke my heart. Even my sons, 18 and 20 were mesmerized by this little cherub. I looked up our cable schedules to find when it would be on again and I haven't been able to locate it. I'm going to order it through our local video store, I want this one for keeps! This is possibly the best movie I have ever seen and I can't wait to see Victoire Thivisole again. She is going to take the world by storm!! She is pure "natural" with an obvious God given talent and I can't wait to see what the future holds for this little one. When she cried my heart literally broke...and her little cousin (Mathias) was another natural, he was the sweetest little fella I have ever seen! The hardest part of the movie for me was when Ponette was at her mother's gravesite digging with her little bare hands and crying, I still haven't recovered. She deserved and Oscar for this movie. I can't wait to see her in her next film, cudos to Doillon....

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Summary: A very sweet and poignant film
Review: I recently saw this movie on cable and absolutely loved it. I had tears in my eyes right from when Ponette's father lifted her on his shoulders and asked her if she was happy up there. I lent this movie to my mother to see it, and she was so tearful that she could barely tell me what she thought of the movie. She said it reminded her of her own mother telling her how she had lost her mother at the age of 8. I am amazed, as other reviewers were, at how natural this young actress played her role. It truly was as if the camera was recording an actual event as it happened. A wonderful movie. It will move your heart.

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Summary: Step into Ponette's life and experience.....
Review: ...an extraordinary film. Absolutly amazing performances, with the spotlight on Victoire Thivisol. This compelling film tells one of the saddest stories in human nature. Words cannot express the power of this film, and therefore all I have to say to you now is...watch it.

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Summary: WOW!!!!
Review: All I can say is everyone should see this movie. I bought a copy just so I can have others view it and go through the emotional roller coaster ride I experienced.

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Summary: Only a 4-year-old could act that well.
Review: Unfortunately, the only strength of this movie is superb acting by Thivisol (and other little actors). The drama of death of a parent has simplistic nature as experienced by a child, and therefore, failed to create emotions or provoke thoughts from viewers; except pity (for the girl) and awe (for the actress). For better movies with no-less-than-first-rate tiny actors, check out: Le Grand Chemin (French), Kolya (Czech), Burnt by the Sun, and The Thief (Russian).

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Summary: This movie is beyond all others
Review: FINALLY...I know... Victoire Thivisol's work in this film has helped me to find answers to my own unanswered questions about my grandmother's death. I have never know a film to be so powerful. So honest, so real, so beautiful in it's message. Many times I forgot where I was. Thank you Victoire, thank you Jacques. Learn to be happy...yes?

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Summary: A beautiful film--It had me not only crying, but weeping
Review: I wanted to grab Ponette and hold her tight each time she would cry. I couldn't grasp the fact that she was an actress--her tears and emotions were so real that I felt someone had been videotaping a real child's life. I wonder how the director got this kind of a performance from her. I don't know why her win in Venice was controversial, but I wonder why she didn't receive an Oscar as well.