Ponette (1996)
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Looking Closer, review by Jeffrey Overstreet, "searching for truth, beauty
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Review, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Health -
Spiritual Practices for Human Being.
- Themes
- Death/Grief
- (In french with english subtitles.) A young girl (Ponette)
loses her mother in a car accident. Her father is an atheist. The
girl lives with her aunt who tries to explain to her the resurection,
her cousins tease her with Biblical stories (Talitah Kum). Ponette
tries to cope with her grief by combining different versions of
resurection which she hears from fellow students and teachers.
Scene: Aunt explains to her Easter. (submitted by Sigrid Rother)
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