The Passion of Augustine
In collaboration with the Festival CINEMANIA, we are showcasing four fiction films that delve into France's rich history and heritage. Each film also features a female protagonist at the heart of its narrative.
In rural Quebec in the 1960s, a Catholic nun struggles to save her school from closure in a context of social change and secularization.
Léa Pool
Léa Pool was born and raised in Switzerland, before emigrating to Quebec in 1975 at the age of 25. After studying communication, she taught cinema and video at UQAM, while producing TV programs and her first films. Esteemed by the public and the critics alike, the works she produced in the 80’s (Strass Café, La femme de l'hôtel, Anne Trister, À corps perdu), stood out at international festivals and already bear witness to the filmmaker's favorite themes: quests for individual meaning, feminine trajectories, intimate relationships... Her fiction work of the 90’s cemented her place in Quebec cinematography while she started to veer towards documentary cinema. Over the past two decades, Léa Pool has produced several international co-productions, as well as her greatest public success: La passion d’Augustine (2015). Her work has been regularly honored around the world, earning her prestigious distinctions.
Photo : Monic Richard
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La passion d'Augustine by Léa Pool
Léa Pool: the one who reivented herself as a filmmaker
Few women were directors in Quebec when Léa Pool made her debut. She says that she has never made this femininity a driving force or seen it as a brake, but she has patiently built a body of work paying homage to women through complex mother-daughter relationships. Meeting with the one whose painful childhood ended up being scarred by the cinema.
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