A Montreal Girl (French: La Fille de Montréal) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jeanne Crépeau and released in 2010.[1] The film stars Amélie Grenier as Ariane, a lesbian filmmaker who has lived in the same apartment in Montreal's rapidly gentrifying Le Plateau-Mont-Royal district since her student days, but who is now confronted in her 40s with a renoviction notice giving her six months to vacate the apartment.[2]
| A Montreal Girl | |
|---|---|
| French | La Fille de Montréal |
| Directed by | Jeanne Crépeau |
| Written by | Jeanne Crépeau |
| Produced by | Jeanne Crépeau |
| Starring | Amélie Grenier Réal Bossé Marie-Hélène Montpetit Jean Turcotte |
| Cinematography | Sylvaine Dufaux Mark Morgenstern |
| Edited by | Louise Dugal |
Production company | Boxfilms |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film also stars Réal Bossé, Marie-Hélène Montpetit and Jean Turcotte as Ariane's core circle of friends.
Semi-autobiographical, the film started out as a documentary about Crépeau's own real-life eviction from her longtime apartment before evolving into a narrative fiction film, and was shot in her real apartment.[3]
The film premiered at Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma in 2010,[2] before going into limited commercial release in early 2011.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fille de Montréal, La – Film de Jeanne Crépeau". Films du Québec, January 17, 2011.
- ^ a b Robert Daudelin, "La fille de Montréal de Jeanne Crépeau". 24 images, Issue 149 (October–November 2010), p. 46.
- ^ Craig Takeuchi, "Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Montreal director Jeanne Crépeau's tale of eviction resonates with Vancouverites". The Georgia Straight, August 23, 2012.
- ^ "Tapis rouge pour La fille de Montréal". Le Devoir, January 25, 2011.
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