Gabrielle : bande-annonce officielle
Bientôt à l’affiche! Avec Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Alexandre Landry, Benoît Gouin, Isabelle Vincent, Véronique Beaudet, Marie Gign…
Gabrielle: Locarno Review – The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.comSat, 17 Aug 2013 07:00:00 GMT
Delightful newcomer Gabrielle Marion–Rivard, who actually has Williams syndrome and plays a semi-autobiographical role, is a natural and superb theater actor Alexandre Landry, who plays her lover, is equally beguiling.
As I read the review above and its outline of the story it resonated with my hopes and fears fro Linda. I want her to be happy and I would love for her to be fulfulled. I know how fulfilling a relationship can be but….
But… can she handle a relationship? Could she handle a relationship that is potentially physical? She is so vulnerable and would be open to all sorts of abuse by the “wrong” person.
One of Linda’s recurring desires is to get married and have a baby. There is no way she is able to look after a baby, but does that give us a right to stop her having a relationship?
I don’t know.
But I do know this film is getting a lot of plaudits and prizes and this film asks the same questions:
TIFF 2013: 34 films reviewed – Toronto Star
http://news.google.com<Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:52:24 GMT
TIFF 2013: 34 films reviewedToronto StarGabrielle (3 stars): Québécoise filmmaker Louise Archambault presents a modern conundrum — how we, as a society, treat people with development challenges — in a sweetly unpretentious love story. Gabrielle (play …
Locarno Golden Leopard Honoree Blasts Venice, Cannes Film Fests
http://www.hollywoodreporter.comMon, 12 Aug 2013 23:11:18 GMT
The title role was played by actress Gabrielle Marion–Rivard, who earned enthusiastic applause in the Piazza Grande by shouting “I love you, Locarno!” in Italian. Gabrielle has the Locarno fest deep in its DNA: Archambault’s …
Gabrielle de Louise Archambault primé à Angoulême | Films du …
http://www.filmsquebec.comTue, 27 Aug 2013 21:57:33 GMT
Le long métrage Gabrielle de Louise Archambault reçoit deux prix à Angoulême. Un excellent début pour cette oeuvre touchante à ne pas manquer. Photo de la comédienne Gabrielle Marion–Rivard dans le film Gabrielle de …
Quebec films to lead Canadian contingent competing in Locarno …
http://playbackonline.caWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:18:11 GMT
Gabrielle stars Gabrielle Marion–Rivard, Alexandre Landry, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Vincent-Guillaume Otis and Robert Charlebois. Archambault’s first film Familia debuted at Locarno in 2005. The European film festival …
gabrielle, le film qu’autour des williams soutient et recommande
http://www.autourdeswilliams.orgThu, 25 Jul 2013 07:20:46 GMT
Gabrielle est superbement jouée par Gabrielle Marion–Rivard, qui dans le film est amoureuse de Martin, interprété par Alexandre Landry. Le tout est supervisé par Louise Archambault, réalisatrice québécoise. Ce film déborde de sincérité, …
I look forward to it being screened here in the UK. It appears to be in French, but I amd sure it will be available with subtitles.
Gabrielle : bande-annonce officielle
Bientôt à l’affiche! Avec Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Alexandre Landry, Benoît Gouin, Isabelle Vincent, Véronique Beaudet, Marie Gign…
Have any of you, our readers, seen it?