Screening Dates
  • December 15, 2017 8:30
Free Admission

Memorable in La vraie nature de Bernadette and The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, actress Micheline Lanctôt took up directing in the late 1970s. Sonatine, her atmospheric second feature, won the Silver Lion at Venice and Canada’s Genie for Best Direction. Structured in three movements, this beautiful, strangely haunting film concerns friends Chantal and Louisette, alienated teens venturing out into the inscrutable world of adults. Chantal has a relationship with a bus driver; Louisette hops aboard a Bulgarian freighter. Both return disappointed by the pettiness and complacency of adult life. In the film’s third segment, they decide upon a drastic response. Future star Pascale Bussières, in her debut, plays Chantal. Sonatine drew comparisons to the work of Bresson and Antonioni.