Anne Trister
| Anne Trister | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Léa Pool |
| Written by | Léa Pool Marcel Beaulieu |
| Produced by | Claude Bonin |
| Starring | Albane Guilhe Louise Marleau Lucie Laurier Guy Thauvette |
| Cinematography | Pierre Mignot |
| Edited by | Michel Arcand |
| Music by | René Dupéré |
Production companies | Les Films Vision 4 National Film Board of Canada |
| Distributed by | Ciné 360 |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Anne Trister is a 1986 Canadian drama film directed by Léa Pool.[1]
Synopsis
[edit]A Swiss Jewish artist who is grieving her father, moves to Montreal and forms a friendship with a child psychiatrist. While creating an installation in an abandoned warehouse, she confronts her past and is increasingly drawn to her friend.
Cast
[edit]- Albane Guilhe as Anne
- Louise Marleau as Alix
- Lucie Laurier as Sarah
- Guy Thauvette as Thomas
- Hugues Quester as Pierre
- Nüvit Özdogru as Simon
- Kim Yaroshevskaya as La mère
- Carl Boileau
- Elizabeth Briand
- Pierre Plante
- Sarah-Jeanne Salvy
- Michael Schneider
- Gilbert Sicotte
- Rosalie Thauvette
- Rena B. Wasserman
Release
[edit]The film premiered on February 3, 1986, in Quebec,[2] and was screened in competition at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.[3]
Critical response
[edit]Ron Base of the Toronto Star wrote that the film " is as pristine and as empty as a modern art gallery at midnight. It is a film about emotion, empty of emotion. An art movie without art. Humorless. And vague. Introverted beyond hope, lost somewhere deep in its own pretensions." He concluded that "when Anne Trister is not putting you to sleep, there are moments of beauty and emotion. Much of the time, though, it is back to a studied, almost smug self-consciousness in a world overlapping and intertwined, delicately exploring the many imponderable forms of love. The exploration is not successful."[4]
Noel Taylor of the Ottawa Citizen wrote that "there's no denying Anne Trister is technically an accomplished work, but its skill is more clinical than visceral. It excites admiration for Pool, the film-maker, without arousing much interest in Pool, the person. I would have liked to discover more."[5]
For the Montreal Gazette, Bruce Bailey wrote that "while Pool's talent for spareness and subtlety is carried over from that film to Anne Trister, this latest effort suffers to at least some extent from slow pacing and an arty pretentiousness that is at times almost laughable."[2]
Awards
[edit]| Award | Year | Category | Recipients | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genie Awards | 1987 | Best Supporting Actress | Lucie Laurier | Nominated | [6] |
| Best Cinematography | Pierre Mignot | Won | [7] | ||
| Best Original Song | Danielle Messia, "De la main gauche" The song was named the original winner of the award, but it was subsequently rescinded after the Academy discovered that it had not been written for the film. |
Disqualified | [8] | ||
| Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival | 1992 | Best Feature Film | Won |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 15.
- ^ a b Bruce Bailey, "Anne Trister's subtle - but it's also far too arty and pretentious". Montreal Gazette, February 8, 1986.
- ^ "Lea Pool takes over Quebec movie spotlight". Regina Leader-Post, February 18, 1986.
- ^ Ron Base, "Trister mired deep in her pretensions". Toronto Star, March 27, 1987.
- ^ Noel Taylor, "Mixed-up artist a heroine of few words, two expressions". Ottawa Citizen, May 29, 1987.
- ^ "Nominees for Genie awards". Ottawa Citizen, February 5, 1987.
- ^ Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
- ^ "Academy rescinds Genie award". The Globe and Mail, May 12, 1987.
External links
[edit]- Anne Trister at IMDb