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Penelope My Love (2021)

Penelope My Love poster
Original title
Pénélope, mon amour
Directed by
Claire Doyon
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mother documents her non-verbal autistic daughter over 18 years. The film shows their journey from diagnosis to finding a different way of living together.

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What happens

Pénélope mon amour est un film français réalisé par Claire Doyon et sorti en 2021. Depuis 18 ans, Claire Doyon filme sa fille Pénélope, autiste non verbale. Elle rassemble dans ce documentaire toutes les images à travers les années, du diagnostic à la découverte d'un mode d'existence autre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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