Anne Émond : 2015
Our Loved Ones
Back in 1978, in a small village in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Guy's tragic death is a shock for the Leblanc family. Protected by his well-intentioned siblings from the truth about his father's death, the sensitive David has grown into a loving husband and father of two, living a seemingly fulfilling life with his wife Marie. But as the years go by, his relationship with his wilder brother toughens and his kids grow into young adulthood. David starts to struggle with an insuppressible melancholia that gradually threatens to engulf him. Meanwhile, when his daughter Laurence begins to recognise herself in her father, she sees that she'll need to reckon with her emotional inheritance if she is to break the cycle and take on the future. Following a Québécois family over a thirty-year period, the story reveals the most profound complexities of love and loss as their effects are transmitted from one generation to the next. Anne Émond's second feature premiered in competition in the Concorso Cineasti del presente section at Locarno Film Festival 2015, and had its North American premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2015.
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