The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF), which will run February 3rd to February 13th, 2016, announced the line-up for the 31st edition.
Ville-Marie
An actress tries to mend ties with her estranged son, but after an unexpected tragedy, their lives intersect with those of an ambulance driver and a nurse–and all four lives are changed.
Directed by Guy Édoin
Starring Monica Bellucci, Pascale Bussières, Aliocha Schneider, Patrick Hivon, Louis Champagne, Frédéric Gilles, Stéphanie Labbé
Genre(s) Drama Film
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Guy Édoin’s “Ville-Marie” Starring Monica Bellucci at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival | TRAILER
Ville-Marie directed by Guy Édoin is screening in the Panorama section of the 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival running November 13 to 29, 2015.
Ville-Marie starring Monica Bellucci, Aliocha Schneider, Patrick Hivon and Pascale Bussières, had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, an international premiere at the Rome Film Festival on October 20, and in addition to Tallinn will screen at the Windsor International Film Festival (3-8 November 2015) and the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (12-20 November 2015).
While filming in Montreal, a European actress (Monica Bellucci) tries to reconcile with her son (Aliocha
Schneider), who is a student in the city. But he witnesses a disturbing incident, reigniting his desire to learn who his father is. On his birthday, he is determined to get answers by confronting his mother. What he doesn’t know is that the film his mother is making was specifically designed to answer his questions. Meanwhile, a paramedic haunted by his past (Patrick Hivon) tries to hold himself together as a kindhearted nurse (Pascale Bussières) watches over him from a distance, while keeping a chaotic emergency room running. At Ville-Marie Hospital, these four lives will collide and change forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB2WPgCyKlQ
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Guy Édoin’s “Ville-Marie” to World Premiere at Toronto International Film Festival
Canadian filmmaker Guy Édoin’s second feature film Ville-Marie will World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival as a “Special Presentation”. “It is a great honour that Ville-Marie will have its world premiere at TIFF, a festival that has seen me grow and evolve as a filmmaker over the course of my five films” declared the director.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB2WPgCyKlQ
The film stars Monica Bellucci (Spectre), Pascale Bussières (When Night Is Falling), Patrick Hivon (À l’origine d’un cri) and Aliocha Schneider (Le journal d’Aurélie Laflamme), who has also been selected as one of four TIFF RISING STARS 2015. Designed to find the next generation of Canadian actors poised for international careers, TIFF Rising Stars draws homegrown talent into the bright spotlight provided by the annual September Festival.
An actress (Monica Bellucci) in town shooting a film, hopes to reconcile with her son (Aliocha Schneider). A paramedic (Patrick Hivon), haunted by his past struggles, is under the watchful eye of a nurse (Pascale Bussière) who is trying to keep the emergency room running at Ville Marie Hospital, where these four lives will come together and take an unexpected turn.
Written by Guy Édoin, in collaboration with Jean-Simon DesRochers, Ville-Marie was the very first Canadian script to be officially selected for L’Atelier de la Cinéfondation at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. Guy Édoin’s creative team includes Director of photography Serge Desrosiers; Artistic Director David Pelletier; Costume Designer Julia Patkos; Editor Yvann Thibaudeau; and Music Composer Olivier Alary who worked in collaboration with Johannes Malfatti.
The film received financial support from SODEC, Téléfilm, provincial and federal tax credits as well as the Harold Greenberg Fund. Ville-Marie is produced by Félize Frappier of Max Films Media, distributed in Canada by Filmoption International, and sold worldwide by Films Boutique. Ville-Marie will be released in theaters on October 9th, in Quebec, Canada.
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40th Toronto International Film Festival Reveals Canadian Films on Lineup
The 40th Toronto International Film Festival, taking place September 10 to 20, 2015, revealed a lineup of bold Canadian works by filmmakers including Patricia Rozema, André Turpin, Anne Émond, Kazik Radwanski, and Guy Édoin.