“People lack imagination.” This is how controversial Quebecois celebrity author Nelly Arcan (Mylène Mackay) accounts for the public’s prurient desire to know just how much of her bestselling novel, “Putain” (“Whore”), is informed by her experiences as a call girl in Anne Émond’s sympathetic-to-a-fault deconstructed biopic “Nelly.” But imagination is the one thing that Arcan herself does not lack. Love, understanding, self-control, calm, and ultimately, tragically, the will to keep on living — all these things are in short supply. But of imagination, if anything, Nelly had a surfeit.
So much so that, writer-director Émond posits, she imagined herself into a state of fragmented identity, inventing several different personas, each to protect or conceal another in a kind of psychological shell game that eventually became too exhausting and confusing to maintain. At the age of just 36, in 2009, Arcan hanged herself. This tragic end inevitably exerts a retrospective lunar pull on the film,...
So much so that, writer-director Émond posits, she imagined herself into a state of fragmented identity, inventing several different personas, each to protect or conceal another in a kind of psychological shell game that eventually became too exhausting and confusing to maintain. At the age of just 36, in 2009, Arcan hanged herself. This tragic end inevitably exerts a retrospective lunar pull on the film,...
- 9/5/2018
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: French-Canadian drama Nelly is set for a U.S. release after Cinema Libre Studio picked up the rights to Anne Émond’s feature film.
The company, hot on the heels of picking up Vanessa Filho-directed and Marion Cotillard-fronted Angel Face, has taken U.S. rights from eOne’s Seville International.
The film, which stars French-Canadian actress and Toronto International Film Festival Rising Star Myléne Mackay (Endorphine), tells the story of Nelly Arcan, a sex worker in Montreal who wrote a semi-autobiographical novel Putain, based on her experiences.
Arcan, who wrote about self-destruction and feminine beauty as obsessive themes in all of her books, was fixated on being an object of desire herself and she killed herself in 2009, four days after submitting the last edits to her fourth book.
The film, which premiered at Tiff, was produced by Go Films’ Nicole Roberts and was written by Émond. It...
The company, hot on the heels of picking up Vanessa Filho-directed and Marion Cotillard-fronted Angel Face, has taken U.S. rights from eOne’s Seville International.
The film, which stars French-Canadian actress and Toronto International Film Festival Rising Star Myléne Mackay (Endorphine), tells the story of Nelly Arcan, a sex worker in Montreal who wrote a semi-autobiographical novel Putain, based on her experiences.
Arcan, who wrote about self-destruction and feminine beauty as obsessive themes in all of her books, was fixated on being an object of desire herself and she killed herself in 2009, four days after submitting the last edits to her fourth book.
The film, which premiered at Tiff, was produced by Go Films’ Nicole Roberts and was written by Émond. It...
- 7/18/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
April event celebrates 150th anniversary of Canada.
A celebration of Canadian cinema will take place in Los Angeles from April 18-23 with a variety of screenings at The Cinefamily and The Aero.
The Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles will celebrate Canadian Film Day 150 (Ncfd 150), presented by Reel Canada, with a free marathon of films to mark Canada’s sesquicentennial.
The event will run on April 18 and 19 at The Cinemafamily theatre in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles screenings will kick-off on April 18 with Polytechnique from Denis Villeneuve and continue with The Saddest Music In The World, Meatballs, Strange Brew, and Villeneuve’s Incendies, followed by a Q&A with the director.
Canada Now: Best New Films 2017, presented by Telefilm Canada, will feature eight new Canadian films from the festival circuit and will screen from April 20–23 at the Aero theatre in Santa Monica, with several post-screening discussions.
Anne Émond’s biopic Nelly, about Quebec...
A celebration of Canadian cinema will take place in Los Angeles from April 18-23 with a variety of screenings at The Cinefamily and The Aero.
The Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles will celebrate Canadian Film Day 150 (Ncfd 150), presented by Reel Canada, with a free marathon of films to mark Canada’s sesquicentennial.
The event will run on April 18 and 19 at The Cinemafamily theatre in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles screenings will kick-off on April 18 with Polytechnique from Denis Villeneuve and continue with The Saddest Music In The World, Meatballs, Strange Brew, and Villeneuve’s Incendies, followed by a Q&A with the director.
Canada Now: Best New Films 2017, presented by Telefilm Canada, will feature eight new Canadian films from the festival circuit and will screen from April 20–23 at the Aero theatre in Santa Monica, with several post-screening discussions.
Anne Émond’s biopic Nelly, about Quebec...
- 4/7/2017
- ScreenDaily
Patriots Day, Live By Night, A Dog's Purpose and more to watch in JanuaryPatriots Day, Live By Night, A Dog's Purpose and more to watch in JanuaryAdriana Floridia1/3/2017 11:11:00 Am
The holidays are officially over, but that doesn't mean you can't take a break from it all with a good movie to watch in theatres this January.
In the midst of awards season, there's plenty to see at the movies. You may choose to spend your time catching up on hot awards contenders like Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, and La La Land, but there's also a great slate of other new releases this month that you'll want to check out as well.
From true stories, the latest from M. Night Shymalan, and a buzzed-about German comedy, here are our top 10 picks for what to see in theatres this January!
Underworld: Blood Wars
Release Date: January 6th, 2017
See it...
The holidays are officially over, but that doesn't mean you can't take a break from it all with a good movie to watch in theatres this January.
In the midst of awards season, there's plenty to see at the movies. You may choose to spend your time catching up on hot awards contenders like Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, and La La Land, but there's also a great slate of other new releases this month that you'll want to check out as well.
From true stories, the latest from M. Night Shymalan, and a buzzed-about German comedy, here are our top 10 picks for what to see in theatres this January!
Underworld: Blood Wars
Release Date: January 6th, 2017
See it...
- 1/3/2017
- by Adriana Floridia
- Cineplex
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