Penelope my love

Claire Doyon

2021

88 min.

France

Without dialogues

Subtitles: Catalan and English

What is involved in raising a child with autism spectrum disorder? Claire Doyon films her daughter from birth to puberty. An ode to empathy.

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Show

Direction

Claire Doyon

Executive Production

Carole Chassaing

Sound

Claire Doyon, Olivier Schwob (filming in Burgundy)

Production

Tamara Films, COfilms, Micro Climat

Photography

Claire Doyon, Pascale Granel (filming in Burgundy)

Script

Claire Doyon

Datasheet

Direction

Claire Doyon

Executive Production

Carole Chassaing

Sound

Claire Doyon, Olivier Schwob (filming in Burgundy)

Production

Tamara Films, COfilms, Micro Climat

Photography

Claire Doyon, Pascale Granel (filming in Burgundy)

Script

Claire Doyon

Synopsis

A moving first-person account of the vicissitudes of a mother learning to live with her daughter Penelope's autism spectrum disorder. Claire Doyon's brutal honesty in filming Penelope's development puts us in the shoes of a mother forced to accept an unexpected reality. An ode to empathy filled with nuances and contradictions. The doctors’ insensitivity contrasts with the healing effect of animals and nature to calm Penelope's anxiety. A moving story filmed from the heart: the camera allows Claire Doyon to come to terms with Penelope's indescribable world.

Screening and talk with the director of the film