Country: Canada
Year: 2008
Duration: 98'
Sophie’s life is spent taking care of her sick father, Richard, an alcoholic “We wanted to present two parallel stories in this film. We tried to
who is throwing away his life. The girl feels a moral obligation toward
him and every weekend she goes to visit him, trying to help him out
in his everyday tasks. Sophie needs affection and holds on tightly
to her relationship with Jérôme, a lazy and irresponsible young man
who doesn’t seem to share her love.
observe Sophie discretely, without becoming judgmental or transmitting
a precise morality. We opted for observation, for hard and penetrating
images that evoke the sometimes austere, sometimes luminous beauty
of ordinariness and disillusion. We wanted to explore the intimate point
of view that guided us and suggested which images to show.”
Biography
film director
Maxime Giroux
Maxime Giroux (Montreal, Canada, 1976) has directed several short films, videoclips and commercials. In 2006, his film Les jours won the prize for best short film at the Toronto International Film Festival, and in 2007 his film Les rouges au sol won the award for best short drama at the 27th Genie Awards. His videography includes music videos for Sam Roberts, Sarah Harmer, The Dears, Pilate, Louise Forestier, Corneille, Marc Déry, Les Cowboys Fringants and Vulgaires Machins. His first feature film, Demain (Sophie), was presented at Torino Film Festival in 2008, and his second feature film, Jo pour Jonathan, had its world premiere at the Locarno International Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Project 3 (cm, 2001), Le gros boutte du bâton (cm, 2005), Les jours (cm, 2006), Le rouge au sol (cm, 2006), Demain (Sophie) (2008), Jo pour Jonathan (2010), La tête en bas (cm, 2013), Félix et Meira (2014).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Maxime Giroux
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay Alexandre Lafferière, Maxime Giroux
fotografia/cinematography Sara Mishara
montaggio/film editing Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
suono/sound Arnaud Dérimay
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Eugénie Beaudry (Sophie), Serge Houde (Richard), Guillaume Beauregard (Jérôme), Francis La Haye (Carl), Martin Dubreuil (Marcoux), Isabelle A. Dupont (Brigitte), Marie-Claude Guérin (Mèlissa), Fred-Éric Salvail (Simon)
produttori/producers Paul Barbeau, Maxime Giraux
produzione/production Nu Films
vendita all’estero/world sales Les Films Séville Pictures
