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Un été comme ça (French with English subtitles)
Location
Main screening room
Date
February 9th, 2025
Duration
137 min
Cycle
Denis Côté, Prix Albert-Tessier 2024

To celebrate Denis Côté receiving the Prix Albert-Tessier (Quebec’s highest honor for a filmmaker) we are presenting a retrospective of his work. From his debut to his latest feature film (his sixteenth), his directorial choices and perspective have remained at the core of his storytelling. Embracing documentary techniques, a cornerstone of Quebec cinema, he explores the truth-bearing power of cinematic images, testing their limits through a masterful mise-en-scène. In the truest sense, he seeks to uncover the unexpected, the improbable, peeling back the layers of a world that is both enigmatic and complex. His filmmaking evokes the essence of cinema’s early days, where the camera casts a unique and unparalleled light on the world we inhabit.

In the presence of the actress, Larissa Corriveau
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That Kind of Summer
Directed by
Denis Côté
Language
French with English subtitles
Actors
Larissa Corriveau, Laure Giappiconi, Aude Mathieu
Origins
Quebec
Year
2022
Duration
137 min
Genre
Drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

Invited to a rest home to explore their sexual issues, three women spend their days and nights trying to tame their inner demons. Under the detached supervision of a German therapist and a considerate social worker, the group attempts to maintain a delicate balance. For Geisha, Léonie and Eugénie, it’s a chance to get away from the noise, to engage with the present, and think about the future.

That Kind of Summer

Denis Côté

Denis Côté (1973 – New Brunswick, Canada) founded nihilproductions in the 1990’s and shot about 15 short films. He was a journalist and film critic before directing his first feature film Les états nordiques in 2005, beginning a sustained collaboration with producer Stéphanie Morissette that continued with Nos vies privées in 2007, and then Curling, his fifth feature film, which won top honors at the Locarno Film Festival and was shown in over 70 festivals. His films have been shown in dozens of cinematic events. His first feature film under the umbrella of La maison de prod, Vic+Flo ont vu un ours, won the Silver Bear (Alfred Bauer Prize) at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.

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