Familia (film)

Familia
Familia
Directed by	Louise Archambault
Written by	Louise Archambault
Produced by	Luc Déry; Kim McCraw
Starring	Sylvie Moreau; ; Macha Grenon
Cinematography	André Turpin
Edited by
Music by	Ramachandra Borcar
Release date	9 September 2005;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	French; English

Familia is a 2005 French-language Canadian drama film. It was directed and written by Louise Archambault.

Plot[]

The story revolves around two main characters: Michèle (Moreau, also known as "Charlotte Rocks her Socks"), a free-spirited aerobics instructor with a penchant for gambling, and Janine (Grenon), a suburban housewife and home decorator with a cheating husband. The lives of these two longtime friends intersect when Michele goes to live with Janine to escape an abusive boyfriend. Tensions abound as Michele's daughter Marguerite (St. Sauveur) introduces Janine's daughter Gabrielle (Gosselin) to a world of boys, drugs, and alcohol. Meanwhile, Michele can't quite kick her gambling addiction - no matter how many people she seems to hurt and deceive. Things come to a head when Janine confronts her adulterous husband and Marguerite discovers she's pregnant.

Cast[]

Sylvie Moreau as Michèle
as Marguerite
Macha Grenon as Janine
Juliette Gosselin as Gabrielle
Micheline Lanctôt as Madeleine
as Estelle
as Lucien
as Charles
Emily Holmes as Kate
as Olivier
as François
as Francis
Sonia Vigneault as Laurence
as Anthony
as Scott

Awards[]

Archambault won the 2005 Claude Jutra Award for the best feature film by a first-time film director in Canada. In December 2005, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual Canada's Top Ten list of the year's best films.^[1]

References[]

^ "Topping the list: Canada's cinematic achievements". National Post, December 14, 2005.

External links[]

Familia at IMDb

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[1] "Topping the list: Canada's cinematic achievements". National Post, December 14, 2005.

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