Country: Canada, France
Year: 2015
Duration: 107'
The thawing season has just begun and the arrival of Élie, a young woman with a mysterious past, upsets the equilibrium of a small, isolated island in the North Atlantic. The seal hunters who inhabit the island are used to the brutal isolation dominated by the forces of nature and the appearance of such an unexpected figure generates a mixture of curiosity and diffidence. Élie, after an initial repulsion, begins to feel an unexplainable attraction for the members of the community. One of these is Marie, part matriarch, part mother-wolf of the pack. She is bothered by the presence of the stranger and seems more determined than ever to discover what has pushed this city girl to find refuge in such a faraway and inhospitable place.
Biography
film director
Sophie Deraspe
Sophie Deraspe (Rivière-du-Loup, Canada, 1973) moved to Austria to study photography and then returned to Canada, where she received her degree in film from the University of Montreal. Alternating activities as a director and director of photography, she worked in both documentaries and television before making her first feature film, Missing Victor Pellerin (2006), which received a Special Mention at the Festival du Nouveau cinéma in Montreal. Her next film, Vital Signs (2009), participated at various international festivals, including Rotterdam and the Torino Film Festival, in competition. In 2015, besides directing Les loups, she participated at the Sundance Film Festival with the documentary The Amina Profile.
FILMOGRAFIA
Missing Victor Pellerin (doc., 2006), Les signes vitaux (Un soffio di vita, 2009), Les loups (2015), The Amina Profile (doc., 2015).
Declaration
film director
“I wanted to tell the story of people who live in packs, who hunt, who put food on their plate that they themselves have sourced, who protect each other, who give life just as they take it. Together, they are like nature itself, both giving and unforgiving.”
Cast
& Credits
regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Sophie Deraspe
fotografia/cinematography
Philippe Lavallette
montaggio/film editing
Amrita David
scenografia/production design
Jean Babin
costumi/costume design
Nancy Chiasson
musica/music
David Trescos
suono/sound
Frédéric Cloutier
interpreti/cast
Evelyne Brochu (Élie), Louise Portal (Maria Menquit), Benoît Gouin (William Menquit), Gilbert Sicotte (Léon Clark), Cindy-Mae Arsenault (Nadine), Augustin Legrand (il francese/French guy), Patrice Bissonnette (Robin Church), Martin Dubreuil (Maxime), Stéphane Gagnon (Réal Clark), Ungalaaq Avingaq (Sylvain), Marc-André Leblanc (Mathieu)
produttori/producers
Marc Daigle, Sophie Salbot
produzione/production
ACPAV, Athénaïse
contatti/contacts
Seville International
Ruby Rondina
rrondina@filmsseville.com
www.sevilleinternational.eonefilms.com
Sophie Deraspe
fotografia/cinematography
Philippe Lavallette
montaggio/film editing
Amrita David
scenografia/production design
Jean Babin
costumi/costume design
Nancy Chiasson
musica/music
David Trescos
suono/sound
Frédéric Cloutier
interpreti/cast
Evelyne Brochu (Élie), Louise Portal (Maria Menquit), Benoît Gouin (William Menquit), Gilbert Sicotte (Léon Clark), Cindy-Mae Arsenault (Nadine), Augustin Legrand (il francese/French guy), Patrice Bissonnette (Robin Church), Martin Dubreuil (Maxime), Stéphane Gagnon (Réal Clark), Ungalaaq Avingaq (Sylvain), Marc-André Leblanc (Mathieu)
produttori/producers
Marc Daigle, Sophie Salbot
produzione/production
ACPAV, Athénaïse
contatti/contacts
Seville International
Ruby Rondina
rrondina@filmsseville.com
www.sevilleinternational.eonefilms.com
