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Emporte-Moi
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film site: http://www.emporte-moi.com/
(in French only/en Français seulement)
| Closing Night Film and Party |
| Emporte-Moi |
| Canada/Switzerland/France,
1999, 35mm, 94 minutes French with English subtitles Director: Léa Pool DC Premiere Sunday, December 12, 7:00 pm Loews Cineplex Foundry |
Closing
Night Reception to follow at
Free underground parking
available |
| A tender coming-of-age story that features 13-year-old Hannah, a charming, if confused and affection-starved young girl living in the rundown Mile End section of Montreal. | |
| The daughter of a ne’er-do-well Jewish poet (Miki Manojiovic, Black Cat, White Cat) and a Catholic Québécois mother, Hannah is trapped by their destructive marriage and is an outsider at the Catholic school she attends. But in 1963 she finds the role model she is looking for when she sees Anna Karina in the role of Nana in Jean-Luc Godard’s film Vivre se vie. Entranced by the film and relieved by its ability to transport her away from her life, Hannah becomes obsessed with the femme-fatale character of Nana. | |
| During one of her many visits to the theater, she
befriends Laura, an adventurous girl from the better side of town. Their
friendship, tinged with experimentation, adventure and sensuality is
precious to Hannah but it also accelerates her mounting emotional
confusion. This semi-autobiographical film from writer/director Léa Pool
shows us a young girl awkwardly stumbling towards womanhood with a stellar
performance from Karine Vanasse as the endearing Hannah. Through the eyes
of a young filmmaker-to-be, we see her negotiate her emotional and
physical world with a sense of heightened reality that often extends into
the world of dreams.
|
In Cooperation with |
Welcoming Remarks:
Louise Blais, Cultural Attache, The Embassy of Canada
Special Guest:
Léa Pool, Director
more information on
Emporte-Moi
from Amazon.com's Internet Movie Database
official
film site: http://www.emporte-moi.com/
(in French only/en Français seulement)
Distributed by Cité -
Amérique International, Canada
http://www.cite-amerique.com/
(French)
http://www.mlink.net/~mvolant/citeamerique.html
(English)
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