Two days ago, Telefilm Canada had announced that 10 of 27 upcoming films will be in French. What follow is the list of these films.
L’appât – Comedy, Quebec-France co-production, directed by Yves Simoneau and written by Yves Simoneau and William Reymond. Poirier is a particularly inept detective, none of whose colleagues want to work with him. However, the French police, in concert with the Sureté du Québec, assign a very unusual officer, Marc Ventura, to work alongside Poirier... (Producers: Josée Vallée and Jean-Pierre Guérin; distributor: Alliance Vivafilm). The project is also receiving Telefilm support through the performance envelope.
Café de Flore – Drama, Quebec-France co-production, written and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. This is first and foremost an incredibly beautiful love story between a man and a woman, as well as that between a mother and her son. (Producers: Pierre Even and Jean-Marc Vallée; distributor: Alliance Vivafilm).
En terrains connus – Drama written and directed by Stéphane Lafleur.
L’appât – Comedy, Quebec-France co-production, directed by Yves Simoneau and written by Yves Simoneau and William Reymond. Poirier is a particularly inept detective, none of whose colleagues want to work with him. However, the French police, in concert with the Sureté du Québec, assign a very unusual officer, Marc Ventura, to work alongside Poirier... (Producers: Josée Vallée and Jean-Pierre Guérin; distributor: Alliance Vivafilm). The project is also receiving Telefilm support through the performance envelope.
Café de Flore – Drama, Quebec-France co-production, written and directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. This is first and foremost an incredibly beautiful love story between a man and a woman, as well as that between a mother and her son. (Producers: Pierre Even and Jean-Marc Vallée; distributor: Alliance Vivafilm).
En terrains connus – Drama written and directed by Stéphane Lafleur.
- 12/5/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
CANNES -- Carole Laure's seductive drama "CQ2" (Seek You Too) is a woman's picture in the very best sense of that term. Only a female director could tell this story of female adolescent torment in such a powerfully intimate and sensuous way, and do it with a confidence that invites men in too.
Beautifully filmed in and around Montreal, this story of a confused, angry and scared teenager taking her first steps toward maturity is universal and would encounter a wide and receptive audience if given the chance.
Clara Furey is a revelation as Rachel, a hurt and sullen youngster whose parents made her choose between them when they split. Raised by her mother, she accuses her mother's boyfriend of abusing her and regards even the gentlest approach by a male as an assault. Touchy and offensive, she screams invective at them both and stays out at night scoring dope.
Meanwhile, inside a woman's prison, a lithe and exotic convict named Jeanne (Danielle Hubbard) has befriended shy, plump, housewifely Odile (Mireille Thibault) and shown her how to feel better about herself through dancing.
When Jeanne is released and takes a bus to her home at a motel in the country, Rachel happens to see her leave the prison and follows her when she gets off. Jeanne is immediately responsive to the young woman's plight and gradually Rachel stays more and more at the Pine motel, where Jeanne has a complicated relationship with the owner, Steven (Jean-Marc Barr). Once released, Odile too becomes part of the ad hoc family and she brings along her loving husband and kids.
Jeanne is a teacher of contemporary dance and it is through exposure to that most rigorous and challenging art form that Rachel discovers the potential for not only artistic expression but also love. Life, however, remains unforgiving and there are still many bridges to cross for each of the main characters.
Modern dance is not the most inclusive art form; in fact it's very difficult for the uninitiated but Laure pulls off the considerable trick of making it a part of the dramatic narrative of the picture. Both in the early scenes when Rachel first sees Jeanne's class of dancers to her own steps in a demanding piece and finally a wonderfully sensual pas de deux, she makes modern dance look organic and accessible. Furey shines as much when she's dancing as when she's acting, and choreographers Ginette Laurin and Claude Godin, and Emmanuel Jouthe are also to be applauded.
The performances are all strong and appealing with Hubbard and Thibault so very different but each portraying a self-knowledge that inspires Rachel. Gerard Simon's cinematography, Marie-Blanche Colonna's editing and Jeff Fisher's music add considerably to the film's merit.
There is a firm thread of feminine wisdom throughout the film although the sisterhood of the three damaged principals wears no badges and marches no parade. It's something marvelous to be cherished and its so gratifying that it also welcomes men.
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
Presented by Cite Amerique, Les Productions Laure in collaboration with Toloda and France 2 Cinema.
World sales by Film Distribution.
Credits:
Director and screenwriter: Carole Laure
Producers: Lorraine Richard, Pascal Arnold, Carole Laure
Cinematographer: Gerard Simon
Artistic director: Patrice Bengle
Editor: Marie-Blanche Colonna
Sound: Tierry Morlaas-Lurbe, Sylvain Bellemare, Luc Boudrias
Original music: Jeff Fisher
Cast:
Rachel: Clara Furey
Jeanne: Danielle Hubbard
Odile: Mireille Thibault
Steven: Jean-Marc Barr
Gabriel: Emmanuel Bilodeau
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 100 mins...
Beautifully filmed in and around Montreal, this story of a confused, angry and scared teenager taking her first steps toward maturity is universal and would encounter a wide and receptive audience if given the chance.
Clara Furey is a revelation as Rachel, a hurt and sullen youngster whose parents made her choose between them when they split. Raised by her mother, she accuses her mother's boyfriend of abusing her and regards even the gentlest approach by a male as an assault. Touchy and offensive, she screams invective at them both and stays out at night scoring dope.
Meanwhile, inside a woman's prison, a lithe and exotic convict named Jeanne (Danielle Hubbard) has befriended shy, plump, housewifely Odile (Mireille Thibault) and shown her how to feel better about herself through dancing.
When Jeanne is released and takes a bus to her home at a motel in the country, Rachel happens to see her leave the prison and follows her when she gets off. Jeanne is immediately responsive to the young woman's plight and gradually Rachel stays more and more at the Pine motel, where Jeanne has a complicated relationship with the owner, Steven (Jean-Marc Barr). Once released, Odile too becomes part of the ad hoc family and she brings along her loving husband and kids.
Jeanne is a teacher of contemporary dance and it is through exposure to that most rigorous and challenging art form that Rachel discovers the potential for not only artistic expression but also love. Life, however, remains unforgiving and there are still many bridges to cross for each of the main characters.
Modern dance is not the most inclusive art form; in fact it's very difficult for the uninitiated but Laure pulls off the considerable trick of making it a part of the dramatic narrative of the picture. Both in the early scenes when Rachel first sees Jeanne's class of dancers to her own steps in a demanding piece and finally a wonderfully sensual pas de deux, she makes modern dance look organic and accessible. Furey shines as much when she's dancing as when she's acting, and choreographers Ginette Laurin and Claude Godin, and Emmanuel Jouthe are also to be applauded.
The performances are all strong and appealing with Hubbard and Thibault so very different but each portraying a self-knowledge that inspires Rachel. Gerard Simon's cinematography, Marie-Blanche Colonna's editing and Jeff Fisher's music add considerably to the film's merit.
There is a firm thread of feminine wisdom throughout the film although the sisterhood of the three damaged principals wears no badges and marches no parade. It's something marvelous to be cherished and its so gratifying that it also welcomes men.
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
Presented by Cite Amerique, Les Productions Laure in collaboration with Toloda and France 2 Cinema.
World sales by Film Distribution.
Credits:
Director and screenwriter: Carole Laure
Producers: Lorraine Richard, Pascal Arnold, Carole Laure
Cinematographer: Gerard Simon
Artistic director: Patrice Bengle
Editor: Marie-Blanche Colonna
Sound: Tierry Morlaas-Lurbe, Sylvain Bellemare, Luc Boudrias
Original music: Jeff Fisher
Cast:
Rachel: Clara Furey
Jeanne: Danielle Hubbard
Odile: Mireille Thibault
Steven: Jean-Marc Barr
Gabriel: Emmanuel Bilodeau
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 100 mins...
"Lost and Delirious" is drenched in the passions of teenage girls shacked up in a posh boarding school. It's an atmosphere lush with supercharged emotions, adolescent rebellion, lesbian eroticism and much heavy breathing. At times, this first English-language film from French-Canadian director Lea Pool feels like those hermetically sealed Hollywood dramas of old where nothing happens that is not about its heroines. Even the fate of a wounded falcon and the affable friendship of the school gardener are mere reflections of the turmoil in these young women's lives.
Pool's lovely actresses do a sensitive job portraying adolescent angst, suggesting how every emotional wave that strikes -- from homesickness to jealousy -- hits with tsunami-like intensity. Female audiences might respond to the overripe melodrama, but the audience for the Lions Gate release necessarily will be limited to those who can't resist Gothic tales.
The film, written by Judith Thompson, derives from Susan Swan's novel "The Wives of Bath". Most of its characters appear as refugees from the book's more detailed narrative, missing much of their baggage and looking a little lost. Teachers, parents and the gardener drop in and out of the heroines' lives without the viewer understanding their relationships to the young women. When, in an early scene, one young woman rudely challenges a teacher in her classroom, we don't grasp what has caused the outburst or how we're supposed to feel about the confrontation.
The story is narrated by Mary Bradford (Mischa Barton), known as Mouse. The shy small-town girl is adopted quickly by her senior roommates, the temperamental Pauline (Piper Perabo) and ever-so-perfect Victoria (Jessica Pare).
Mouse soon realizes Paulie and Tory are lovers, and the two don't really bother to hide their physical affection. So when Tory's younger sister and her pals catch the two in bed one morning, we're understandably bewildered why this could mean social ruin for Tory.
Tory's strict parents would never understand such an infatuation, she explains. So Tory cuts Paulie off and dates a boy to prove she is "normal." Shattered, Paulie seeks solace in nursing an injured falcon back to health. Meanwhile, Mouse leads an uneventful life except in her duties as referee and go-between for her troubled roomies.
Things are clearly marching toward tragedy, with ominous signs and portents involving falconry, fencing and quotations from Shakespeare pointing the way. But much of this feels false, a lugubrious artifice in which the filmmakers are caught up more in atmosphere than in character logic. In a go-for-broke conclusion, Paulie envisions herself as a warrior-woman and challenges her male rival to a fencing duel.
The actresses -- each a little too old for her role, but what else is new? -- nicely capture the innocent determination and headstrong arrogance that lead to damaging obsessions. Pierre Gill's lyrical though self-conscious cinematography skillfully blends the soulful glances, musical montages and artful lovemaking. And designer Serge Bureau takes full advantage of the sprawling grounds in and around Bishop's University in Quebec.
LOST AND DELIRIOUS
Lions Gate Films
Seville Pictures presents
a Cite-Amerique/Dummett Films production
Producers: Lorraine Richard, Louis-Philippe Rochon, Greg Dummett
Director: Lea Pool
Screenwriter: Judith Thompson
Based on the novel "The Wives of Bath" by: Susan Swan
Director of photography: Pierre Gill
Production designer: Serge Bureau
Music: Yves Chamberland
Costume designer: Aline Gilmore
Editor: Gaetan Huot
Color/stereo
Cast:
Pauline: Piper Perabo
Victoria Moller: Jessica Pare
Mary: Mischa Barton
Faye Vaughn: Jackie Burroughs
Joseph Menzies: Graham Greene
Eleanor Bannet: Mimi Kuzyk
Running time -- 105 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Pool's lovely actresses do a sensitive job portraying adolescent angst, suggesting how every emotional wave that strikes -- from homesickness to jealousy -- hits with tsunami-like intensity. Female audiences might respond to the overripe melodrama, but the audience for the Lions Gate release necessarily will be limited to those who can't resist Gothic tales.
The film, written by Judith Thompson, derives from Susan Swan's novel "The Wives of Bath". Most of its characters appear as refugees from the book's more detailed narrative, missing much of their baggage and looking a little lost. Teachers, parents and the gardener drop in and out of the heroines' lives without the viewer understanding their relationships to the young women. When, in an early scene, one young woman rudely challenges a teacher in her classroom, we don't grasp what has caused the outburst or how we're supposed to feel about the confrontation.
The story is narrated by Mary Bradford (Mischa Barton), known as Mouse. The shy small-town girl is adopted quickly by her senior roommates, the temperamental Pauline (Piper Perabo) and ever-so-perfect Victoria (Jessica Pare).
Mouse soon realizes Paulie and Tory are lovers, and the two don't really bother to hide their physical affection. So when Tory's younger sister and her pals catch the two in bed one morning, we're understandably bewildered why this could mean social ruin for Tory.
Tory's strict parents would never understand such an infatuation, she explains. So Tory cuts Paulie off and dates a boy to prove she is "normal." Shattered, Paulie seeks solace in nursing an injured falcon back to health. Meanwhile, Mouse leads an uneventful life except in her duties as referee and go-between for her troubled roomies.
Things are clearly marching toward tragedy, with ominous signs and portents involving falconry, fencing and quotations from Shakespeare pointing the way. But much of this feels false, a lugubrious artifice in which the filmmakers are caught up more in atmosphere than in character logic. In a go-for-broke conclusion, Paulie envisions herself as a warrior-woman and challenges her male rival to a fencing duel.
The actresses -- each a little too old for her role, but what else is new? -- nicely capture the innocent determination and headstrong arrogance that lead to damaging obsessions. Pierre Gill's lyrical though self-conscious cinematography skillfully blends the soulful glances, musical montages and artful lovemaking. And designer Serge Bureau takes full advantage of the sprawling grounds in and around Bishop's University in Quebec.
LOST AND DELIRIOUS
Lions Gate Films
Seville Pictures presents
a Cite-Amerique/Dummett Films production
Producers: Lorraine Richard, Louis-Philippe Rochon, Greg Dummett
Director: Lea Pool
Screenwriter: Judith Thompson
Based on the novel "The Wives of Bath" by: Susan Swan
Director of photography: Pierre Gill
Production designer: Serge Bureau
Music: Yves Chamberland
Costume designer: Aline Gilmore
Editor: Gaetan Huot
Color/stereo
Cast:
Pauline: Piper Perabo
Victoria Moller: Jessica Pare
Mary: Mischa Barton
Faye Vaughn: Jackie Burroughs
Joseph Menzies: Graham Greene
Eleanor Bannet: Mimi Kuzyk
Running time -- 105 minutes
No MPAA rating...
CANNES -- Carole Laure's seductive drama "CQ2" (Seek You Too) is a woman's picture in the very best sense of that term. Only a female director could tell this story of female adolescent torment in such a powerfully intimate and sensuous way, and do it with a confidence that invites men in too.
Beautifully filmed in and around Montreal, this story of a confused, angry and scared teenager taking her first steps toward maturity is universal and would encounter a wide and receptive audience if given the chance.
Clara Furey is a revelation as Rachel, a hurt and sullen youngster whose parents made her choose between them when they split. Raised by her mother, she accuses her mother's boyfriend of abusing her and regards even the gentlest approach by a male as an assault. Touchy and offensive, she screams invective at them both and stays out at night scoring dope.
Meanwhile, inside a woman's prison, a lithe and exotic convict named Jeanne (Danielle Hubbard) has befriended shy, plump, housewifely Odile (Mireille Thibault) and shown her how to feel better about herself through dancing.
When Jeanne is released and takes a bus to her home at a motel in the country, Rachel happens to see her leave the prison and follows her when she gets off. Jeanne is immediately responsive to the young woman's plight and gradually Rachel stays more and more at the Pine motel, where Jeanne has a complicated relationship with the owner, Steven (Jean-Marc Barr). Once released, Odile too becomes part of the ad hoc family and she brings along her loving husband and kids.
Jeanne is a teacher of contemporary dance and it is through exposure to that most rigorous and challenging art form that Rachel discovers the potential for not only artistic expression but also love. Life, however, remains unforgiving and there are still many bridges to cross for each of the main characters.
Modern dance is not the most inclusive art form; in fact it's very difficult for the uninitiated but Laure pulls off the considerable trick of making it a part of the dramatic narrative of the picture. Both in the early scenes when Rachel first sees Jeanne's class of dancers to her own steps in a demanding piece and finally a wonderfully sensual pas de deux, she makes modern dance look organic and accessible. Furey shines as much when she's dancing as when she's acting, and choreographers Ginette Laurin and Claude Godin, and Emmanuel Jouthe are also to be applauded.
The performances are all strong and appealing with Hubbard and Thibault so very different but each portraying a self-knowledge that inspires Rachel. Gerard Simon's cinematography, Marie-Blanche Colonna's editing and Jeff Fisher's music add considerably to the film's merit.
There is a firm thread of feminine wisdom throughout the film although the sisterhood of the three damaged principals wears no badges and marches no parade. It's something marvelous to be cherished and its so gratifying that it also welcomes men.
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
Presented by Cite Amerique, Les Productions Laure in collaboration with Toloda and France 2 Cinema.
World sales by Film Distribution.
Credits:
Director and screenwriter: Carole Laure
Producers: Lorraine Richard, Pascal Arnold, Carole Laure
Cinematographer: Gerard Simon
Artistic director: Patrice Bengle
Editor: Marie-Blanche Colonna
Sound: Tierry Morlaas-Lurbe, Sylvain Bellemare, Luc Boudrias
Original music: Jeff Fisher
Cast:
Rachel: Clara Furey
Jeanne: Danielle Hubbard
Odile: Mireille Thibault
Steven: Jean-Marc Barr
Gabriel: Emmanuel Bilodeau
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 100 mins...
Beautifully filmed in and around Montreal, this story of a confused, angry and scared teenager taking her first steps toward maturity is universal and would encounter a wide and receptive audience if given the chance.
Clara Furey is a revelation as Rachel, a hurt and sullen youngster whose parents made her choose between them when they split. Raised by her mother, she accuses her mother's boyfriend of abusing her and regards even the gentlest approach by a male as an assault. Touchy and offensive, she screams invective at them both and stays out at night scoring dope.
Meanwhile, inside a woman's prison, a lithe and exotic convict named Jeanne (Danielle Hubbard) has befriended shy, plump, housewifely Odile (Mireille Thibault) and shown her how to feel better about herself through dancing.
When Jeanne is released and takes a bus to her home at a motel in the country, Rachel happens to see her leave the prison and follows her when she gets off. Jeanne is immediately responsive to the young woman's plight and gradually Rachel stays more and more at the Pine motel, where Jeanne has a complicated relationship with the owner, Steven (Jean-Marc Barr). Once released, Odile too becomes part of the ad hoc family and she brings along her loving husband and kids.
Jeanne is a teacher of contemporary dance and it is through exposure to that most rigorous and challenging art form that Rachel discovers the potential for not only artistic expression but also love. Life, however, remains unforgiving and there are still many bridges to cross for each of the main characters.
Modern dance is not the most inclusive art form; in fact it's very difficult for the uninitiated but Laure pulls off the considerable trick of making it a part of the dramatic narrative of the picture. Both in the early scenes when Rachel first sees Jeanne's class of dancers to her own steps in a demanding piece and finally a wonderfully sensual pas de deux, she makes modern dance look organic and accessible. Furey shines as much when she's dancing as when she's acting, and choreographers Ginette Laurin and Claude Godin, and Emmanuel Jouthe are also to be applauded.
The performances are all strong and appealing with Hubbard and Thibault so very different but each portraying a self-knowledge that inspires Rachel. Gerard Simon's cinematography, Marie-Blanche Colonna's editing and Jeff Fisher's music add considerably to the film's merit.
There is a firm thread of feminine wisdom throughout the film although the sisterhood of the three damaged principals wears no badges and marches no parade. It's something marvelous to be cherished and its so gratifying that it also welcomes men.
CQ2 (Seek You Too)
Presented by Cite Amerique, Les Productions Laure in collaboration with Toloda and France 2 Cinema.
World sales by Film Distribution.
Credits:
Director and screenwriter: Carole Laure
Producers: Lorraine Richard, Pascal Arnold, Carole Laure
Cinematographer: Gerard Simon
Artistic director: Patrice Bengle
Editor: Marie-Blanche Colonna
Sound: Tierry Morlaas-Lurbe, Sylvain Bellemare, Luc Boudrias
Original music: Jeff Fisher
Cast:
Rachel: Clara Furey
Jeanne: Danielle Hubbard
Odile: Mireille Thibault
Steven: Jean-Marc Barr
Gabriel: Emmanuel Bilodeau
No MPAA rating
Running time -- 100 mins...
- 5/20/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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