Ponette (1996)
Directed by Jacques Doillon
After losing her mother in a car accident that leaves her with a broken arm, 4-year-old Ponette struggles with anguish and fear. Left by her father with a caring aunt and her children, Ponette grieves, secretly hoping her mother will somehow come back. Confused by the religious explanations provided by adults, and challenged by the cruel taunts of a few children at school, little Ponette must make her way through her emotional turmoil.
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What critics compared Ponette to
That surface peacefulness is churned up when a cold North wind blows the red cloaked Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche, "The English Patient") and her daughter Anouk (Victoire Tivisol, "Ponette") into town in director Lasse Hallstrom's ("The Cider House Rules") "Chocolat."
Also notable are 8-year-old Thivisol, who wowed critics as a 4-year-old in the title role of Jacques Doillon's moving Ponette (1996), and teenager Aurelien Parent-Koening, making his debut.
Second, french-braided Depp is just "too Hollywood" for the film, which presents itself as a subtitled French film, from its title and inclusion of French cast members (including Binoche and young Thivisol, so striking in Ponette), and something of a quaint period piece.