JEUDI CINÉMA: Familiar Ground, sibling road movie with a touch of fantasy.
Thursday, December 13th, 2012 at 6:45 PM,
at Alliance Française du Manitoba.
The film will be presented in French with English subtitles.
Following up his acclaimed feature film «Continental, a Film without Guns», Québec’s filmmaker Stéphane Lafleur introduces us to fascinatingly compelling characters in a story at the edge of reality. Part of the official selection of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, En Terrains Connus presents a deceptively simple but quietly powerful sibling drama with a touch of fantasy.
Storyline
Maryse and her husband are desperate to sell a backhoe sitting abandoned in their suburban yard. Her brother, Benoit, is trapped in endless adolescence, sharing their childhood home with their invalid father. Benoit is enamoured with a single mom named Nathalie, and he’s hoping to finally grow up by living with her. A serious accident at the factory where Maryse works, a strange series of coincidences, and the arrival of a man claiming to come from the future lead Maryse and Benoit to a life-altering road trip.
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