Ecumenical prize in Berlin to Familiar Grounds, en terrains connus

PRIZE OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY - Forum section

FAMILIAR GROUNDS
(En terrains connus)

a film by Stéphane Lafleur (Canada)

"This film is structurally original in showing how "accidents" can alter human relationships.
 It is innovative in drawing warm and human comic moments out of an alienated world where relationships are fragile.
Its dialogue is sparse and well-controlled, and the soundtrack integrates very effectively with the film's visual imagery."

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Director : Stéphane Lafleur

Cast : Francis La Haye, Fanny Mallette, Sylvain Marcel, Michel Daigle, Suzanne Lemoine, Denis Houle

Producers : Luc Déry, Kim McCraw

Canada - 2011 - 89 min. - colour

Synopsis : Life is not going very well for brother and sister Maryse and Benoît Bossé. Maryse and her husband Alain have grown apart, and Maryse is worried about an accident which happened at work. Meanwhile Benoît, the eternal child, still lives with their widowed father, and his relationship with single mother Nathalie is being sabotaged by her son.

About the director : Stéphane Lafleur was born on June 16, 1976 in St.-Jérôme, the Laurentides, Québec, Canada. Over the last ten years, he has directed or edited more than thirty independent short films, amongst them Karaoké (1998) and Snooze (2001). He is notably one of the founding members of the Kino movement. Stéphane Lafleur is also the lyricist and singer of the folk/country band Avec pas d'casque. His first feature film, CONTINENTAL, A FILM WITHOUT GUNS (CONTINENTAL, UN FILM SANS FUSIL), was selected at the Venice Film Festival, and won 4 Jutra Awards (the Canadian Oscars) and the Golden Bayard for Best Film in Namur. FAMILIAR GROUNDS (EN TERRAINS CONNUS) is his second feature film.

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