Thu, Jan 28 / 7 pm
Fri, Jan 29 / 9 pm
Sat & Sun, Jan 30 & 31 / 7 pm
Wed, Feb 3 / 7 pm
Thu, Feb 4 / 9 pm
Directed by Ryan McKenna
2015, Canada, 79 min
French w/ English Subtitles
Opening night introduced by Ryan McKenna
This award-winning film (Grand Prix Focus, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma) from the director of The First Winter is centered on the strange, beautiful, and emotional story of Jeannette. When her boyfriend Bruno quits having sex with her, she starts a romantic fling with a younger man from work. She also has a severe heart condition that keeps her trapped in a suburb of Montreal. But after receiving her new heart, she is befriended by her donor’s son, a Malian teenager named Chibale who becomes convinced that Jeannette has become his reincarnated mother.
Plays With:
If I Was God / Dir. Cordell Barker, 2015, Canada, 8 min / The Oscar nominated animator (The Cat Came Back, Strange Invaders) returns with a hilarious new animated film about a Grade 7 boy whose mind starts to wander while dissecting a frog in Biology class.
