Lines of Escape

Lines of Escape (French: Lignes de fuite) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Miryam Bouchard and Catherine Chabot and released in 2022.[1] Adapted from Chabot's stage play, the film centres on Audrey (Chabot), Valérie (Léane Labrèche-Dor) and Sabina (Mariana Mazza), three high school friends who are having a reunion party at age 30, only to find their bond tested by the ways in which they have grown apart, becoming radically different from each other in their lives and values, in adulthood.[2]

Lines of Escape
FrenchLignes de fuite
Directed byMiryam Bouchard
Catherine Chabot
Written byCatherine Chabot
Émile Gaudreault
Based onLignes de fuite by Catherine Chabot
Produced byDenise Robert
Émile Gaudreault
StarringCatherine Chabot
Léane Labrèche-Dor
Mariana Mazza
CinematographyStéphanie Anne Weber Biron
Edited byArthur Tarnowski
Production
company
Cinémaginaire
Distributed byLes Films Séville
les Films du lac
Release date
  • July 6, 2022 (2022-07-06)
Running time
95 min
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Maxime de Cotret as Audrey's boyfriend Jonathan, Mickaël Gouin as Valérie's boyfriend Paul-Émile and Victoria Diamond as Sabina's girlfriend Amber,[3] as well as Antoine Vézina, Marc Auger-Gosselin, Thierry Bellevue, Stéphanie Bélanger, David Cloutier, David Corriveau, Robert Di Loreto, Isabel Dos Santos, Hugo Giroux and Nora Guerch in supporting roles.

The film opened in theatres on July 6, 2022.[4] It was the last film ever theatrically distributed by Les Films Séville before its shutdown.[5]

Jean-François (Jafaz) Ferland, Marie-Claude Lafontaine and Charles Lamoureux received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.

References
  1. Maxime Demers, "Lignes de fuite: une adaptation bien réussie". Le Journal de Montréal, July 5, 2022.
  2. Geneviève Bouchard, "Le film de la semaine : Lignes de fuite". Le Soleil, July 7, 2022.
  3. Manon Dumais, "«Lignes de fuite», une soirée presque parfaite". Le Devoir, July 7, 2022.
  4. Émilie Côté, "L’amitié, mais pas à tout prix". La Presse, July 6, 2022.
  5. André Duchesne and Marc-André Lussier, "Les Films Séville cessent la distribution en salle". La Presse, June 28, 2022.
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