Gabrielle
A film by
Louise Archambault
Cast
Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Alexandre Landry, Vincent Guillaume Otis, Benoit Gouin, Sébastien Ricard, Isabelle Vincent, Marie Gignac, Véronique Beaudet
with the participation of Robert Charlebois, Grégory Charles, La Gang à Rambrou & Students from l’École Les Muses
Details
2013 – Canada – French – 104 minutes – Color
Awards & Festivals
– Locarno Int. Film Festival – Audience Award
– Angoulême Int. Film Festival – Best Actor
– Festival du film francophone de Namur – Audience Award
– Dieppe’s Canadian Film Festival – Audience Award and Best Actor
– Canadian Screen Awards – Best Feature, Best Actress in a Leading Role
Distribution
Canada & International
Films Séville
Trailer
Photos
Synopsis
Gabrielle is a young woman with Williams syndrome who has a contagious joie de vivre and an exceptional musical gift. Since she met her boyfriend Martin, at the recreation centre where they are choir members, they have been inseparable. However, because they are “different,” their loved ones are fearful of their relationship. As the choir prepare for an important music festival, Gabrielle does everything she can to gain her independence. As determined as she is, Gabrielle must still confront other people’s prejudices as well as her own limitations in the hope of experiencing a love far from the “ordinary”.
Crew
Writer and director: Louise Archambault
Producers: Luc Déry, Kim McCraw
Line producer: Claude Paiement
Director of photography: Mathieu Laverdière
Production designer: Emmanuel Fréchette
Costume designer: Sophie Lefebvre
Editor: Richard Comeau
Original score and arrangements: François Lafontaine
Choirmaster and choral arrangements: Hélène-Élise Blais
Sound : Pierre Bertrand, Sylvain Bellemare, Bernard Gariépy Strobl