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A Montreal Girl
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Wikipedia article
'A Montreal Girl' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jeanne Crpeau and released in 2010.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/fille-de-montreal-jeanne-crepeau/ "Fille de Montral, La Film de Jeanne Crpeau"]. 'Films du Qubec', January 17, 2011. The film stars Amlie Grenier as Ariane, a lesbian filmmaker who has lived in the same apartment in Montreal's rapidly gentrifying Le Plateau-Mont-Royal district since her student days, but who is now confronted in her 40s with a renoviction notice giving her six months to vacate the apartment.Robert Daudelin, "La fille de Montral de Jeanne Crpeau". '24 images', Issue 149 (OctoberNovember 2010), p. 46.
The film also stars Ral Boss, Marie-Hlne Montpetit and Jean Turcotte as Ariane's core circle of friends.
Semi-autobiographical, the film started out as a documentary about Crpeau's own real-life eviction from her longtime apartment before evolving into a narrative fiction film, and was shot in her real apartment.Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/article-763691/vancouver/vancouver-queer-film-festival-quebec-director-jeanne-crepeaus-tale-eviction-resonates-vancouverites "Vancouver Queer Film Festival: Montreal director Jeanne Crpeau's tale of eviction resonates with Vancouverites"]. 'The Georgia Straight', August 23, 2012.
The film premiered at Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinma in 2010, before going into limited commercial release in early 2011.[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/315365/tapis-rouge-pour-la-fille-de-montreal "Tapis rouge pour La fille de Montral"]. 'Le Devoir', January 25, 2011.
See also
* List of LGBT films directed by women
References
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