Winter Claire

Winter Claire (French: Claire l'hiver) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Sophie Bédard Marcotte and released in 2017.[1] The film stars Marcotte as Claire, a bored young woman who is struggling to motivate herself to undertake a photography project, against the context of widespread public concern about a malfunctioning cargo spaceship which Claire fears is going to crash directly into her head.[2]

Winter Claire
Directed bySophie Bédard Marcotte
Written bySophie Bédard Marcotte
Produced bySophie Bédard Marcotte
Caroline Galipeau
StarringSophie Bédard Marcotte
Samuel Brassard
Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
Micheline Lanctôt
CinematographyIsabelle Stachtchenko
Edited byJoël Morin-ben Abdallah
Music byGabrielle Guénette
Production
company
Les Films de l'Autre
Release date
  • October 6, 2017 (2017-10-06) (FNC)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Samuel Brassard, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Micheline Lanctôt and Alex B. Martin.

The film premiered at the 2017 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[3] before going into commercial release in March 2018.[4]

Josée Lapointe of La Presse rated the film three stars, calling it essentially a winter update of the 2014 film You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole).[5]

The film was a shortlisted finalist for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2019.[6]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Claire l’hiver – Film de Sophie Bédard Marcotte". Films du Québec, March 24, 2018.
  2. Jérôme Delgado, "«Claire l’hiver»: traverser l’apathie". Le Devoir, March 30, 2018.
  3. Frédéric Bouchard, "FNC : Sophie Bédard Marcotte explore la forme cinématographique avec « Claire l’hiver »". Lien Multimédia, October 13, 2017.
  4. "CLAIRE L’HIVER à l’affiche dès le 30 mars". L'Initiative, March 13, 2018.
  5. Josée Lapointe, "Claire l'hiver: pas facile d'avoir 20 ans". La Presse, March 30, 2018.
  6. ""Happy Face" remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). March 30, 2019.
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