42° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
BAIL BAIL
by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
Country: Canada
Year: 2024
Duration: 13'
As they are signing their new lease, two longtime roommates realize that their new landlord is going to evict them illegally. They decide to fight to keep their apartment. Humor, violence, western kung fu... in the middle of the holly season.
Biography
film director
Sabrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
(Canada) holds a BFA in Film Production from Concordia University and an MFA in Acting from the Drama Center London (UAL) and a professional certificate in Feature writing from L’INIS. During her studies, she had the chance to perform at the Shakespeare Globe in London and The Vakthangov theatre in Moscow. She wrote and directed over 15 short films and one feature that were screened in different festivals around the world. She won several prizes such as the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale (with Juste moi et toi), the Grand Prix Canadian at Regard, two nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards. She is now writing her next features, Les Éphémères and Noémie la nuit.
FILMOGRAFIA
Un trou dans la mémoire (cm, 2010), Avant demain (cm, 2013), Kaupunki Etsii Klovnia (cm, 2014), The Truck (cm, 2015), T’es pas game (cm, 2015), Larguer les amarres (cm, 2016), Juste moi et toi (cm, 2019), Fanmi (coregia Carmine Pierre-Dufour, cm, 2021), Pas d’chicane dans ma cabane! (2022), Bail Bail (cm, 2024).
Declaration
film director
“The phenomenon of renoviction, present in Montreal, as well as internationally, is our main topic. We decided to bet on the feeling of injustice. We wanted to stage ‘the battle’ that many tenants fight to keep their apartment. This battle is a metaphor to express the internal unjust violence that many suffer. We opted for a certain freedom in style. This allows us to stage slightly surreal moments that plunge the viewer into the heart of the inner world of the protagonists. It is not a naturalistic film, the feeling is in the foreground.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers. SCREENPLAY: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers, Maryse Latendresse. CINEMATOGRAPHY: François Messier-Rheault. EDITING: Amélie Labrèche. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Bruno-Pierre Houle. MUSIC: Peter Venne. SOUND: Simon Gervais. CAST: Mimo Magri, Mimi Côté, Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers. PRODUCTION: Johannie Deschambault Audrée-Anne Prieur for Welcome Aboard.
CONTACT: Welcome Aboard distribution@wlcmaboard.com
