Do not let the name fool you. This is not a film as simple as its title. Possibly depicted is a young transgender and, therefore, is one of a limited corpus of works that is. Today, it was Mubi’s film of the day, and I was excited by the prospect […]
Children
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“Your mummy is dead,” her father says, “you know what that means?” This scene and the remaining ninety minutes of the film shows she does not. Play – sliding down the screen of the car – interrupts any concentration on the reality of death. Jacques Doillon’s Ponette (1996) is not […]