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'Fair Sex' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Martin Laroche and released in 2012.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/maneges-humains-martin-laroche/ "Manges humains, Les Film de Martin Laroche"]. 'Films du Qubec', January 31, 2013.

The film stars Marie-velyne Lessard as Sophie, a young immigrant woman who has just graduated from film school. While working on her first film project she meets and develops a romantic interest in Frdric (Marc-Andr Brunet), which brings up her own unresolved emotional trauma around having been a childhood victim of female genital mutilation.Normand Provencher, [https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/les-maneges-humains-carrousel-demotions-8f67dd3ffc116ca735ac31aaf2bb2e72 "Les manges humains: carrousel d'motions"]. 'Le Soleil', July 1, 2012. The cast also includes Normand Daoust, Stephanie Dawson, Alexandre Dubois and Michel Vzina.

The film premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2012, and was screened at the Abitibi-Tmiscamingue International Film Festival and the Whistler Film Festival later in the year, before going into commercial release in early 2013.[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201301/09/01-4609748-les-maneges-humains-a-montreal.php "Les manges humains Montral"]. 'La Presse', January 9, 2013.

Lessard won the Borsos Competition award for Best Actress in a Canadian Film at Whistler.Craig Takeuchi, [https://www.straight.com/blogra/whistler-film-festival-2012-quebecs-marie-evelyne-lessard-dove-fair-sex "Whistler Film Festival 2012: Quebec's Marie-Evelyne Lessard dove into Fair Sex"]. 'The Georgia Straight', December 3, 2012. The film received four Jutra Award nominations at the 16th Jutra Awards, for Best Actress (Lessard), Best Supporting Actor (Daoust), Best Screenplay (Laroche) and Best Original Music (Thomas Hellman).Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/398324/nominations-aux-prix-jutra "Domination muscle de Louis Cyr aux nominations des Jutra"]. 'Le Devoir', January 28, 2014.

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