Forum of Independents - Competition 2009 / New Denmark / Canada 2009
During a long, cloudy summer, Carla spends her time working, caring for her house, and looking for her missing sister. Her friends and a stranger aid the girl in her search. This third feature from an unconventional and original Quebecois director will be screened at Karlovy Vary as a world premiere.
During a long and cloudy summer, Carla spends her time working, taking care of the house, and looking for her missing sister. Her friends and a stranger help her look, and Carla tries to cope with the new and unwanted situation that has beset her. From the outside, nothing has happened in her everyday life. The banality of the activities that Carla performs from day to day contrast with the intensity of emotion she keeps inside herself. The simpler the plot of a Rafaël Ouellet movie, the more intensely the director is able to transfer his protagonists’ unrest onto the viewer and to mediate a look into their emotionally pulsing souls. The film’s original visual aspect aids him in this, as does the sensitive, fluid camera which follows the heroine almost step by step. This third film by an unconventional Québecois director will be presented at Karlovy Vary as a world premiere.
72 min / Color, HD CAM
World premiere
Director Rafaël Ouellet
/ Screenplay Rafaël Ouellet
/ Dir. of Photography Rafaël Ouellet
/ Music Man An Ocean
/ Editor Rafaël Ouellet
/ Producer Rafaël Ouellet
/ Production Estfilmindustri
/ Cast Carla Turcotte, Alexandra Soucy, Sophie Bérubé
/ Contact Estfilmindustri
Rafaël Ouellet (b. 1974, Degelis, Quebec) is a self-taught director whose education focused on radio and television. He makes movies in a highly independent fashion with the same small crew from his hometown. For his feature debut Le cèdre penché (2007) he contributed as screenwriter, director, editor, and producer. His second feature, Derrière moi, followed in 2008, and he completed New Denmark in 2009. All of his films have been well received at international festivals, including his short works: I Mokret (Dans le noir, 2003), Przeprowadzka (2003), Film dans un sauna (2003), Face B (2004), and Dans l’est (2005).
Estfilmindustri
6362 Des Écores, H2G 2J5, Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Phone: +1 514 582 5144
E-mail: [email protected]
Rafaël Ouellet
Film Director
Carla Turcotte
Actress
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