Marguerite (short film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Marguerite |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 19 minutes |
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| Director | Marianne Farley |
| script | Marianne Farley |
| production | Marie-Hélène Panisset |
| music | Julien Knafo |
| camera | Marc Simpson-Threlford |
| cut | Mathieu Bélanger |
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Marguerite is a Canadian Short Film - Drama by Marianne Farley . The film premiered at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival on November 12, 2017.
Marguerite was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2019 Academy Awards.
content
Marguerite, a woman over 80, learns that her caregiver Rachel is a lesbian. This awakens in her old repressed homosexual feelings from her youth, which she finally reveals to her carer.
Awards
The short film won numerous prizes, including a. at the Mix Brasil Festival (audience award “Best International Short Film”),
the KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival (“Best International Short Film ”),
the LesGaiCineMad - Madrid International LGBT Film Festival (“Best Short Film”, audience awards in the categories “Best Short Film” "And" Best Film by a Female Director "),
the Long Beach QFilm Festival (" Best Short Film "),
the Miami Short Film Festival (" Best Film of the Festival "),
the Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (" Best Short Film ") ),
the Rhode Island International Film Festival ("Best Short Film"),
the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival ("Best Short Film"),
the TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival ("Best Short Film"),
the Zinegoak Bilbao International GLT Film Festiva (audience award “best short film”),
the Festival international du cinema francophone en Acadie (“best Canadian short film”),
the FilmOut San Diego (“best short film actress ”; audience award “Bes te Short Film Leading Actress ") ,
the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (" Best International Women`s Short Film "),
the Provincetown International Film Festival (" Best Queer Short Film "),
the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (" Best International Leading Actress ")
the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival ("Best Actress in a Short Film").
Marguerite was nominated for an Oscar in the category “Best Short Film” in 2019 .
reception
The film met with a positive response from critics, which, in addition to the taciturn presentation, which communicates a lot about the images, especially the coloring, praised the moving, luminous message of the film. Jennie Kermode of Eye for Film praised the film as "intelligent, precisely observed and unforgettable". Marianne Farley of OC Movie Reviews said, "[In this movie] it's the older generation that looks up to the younger, and the two are connected in an original and thoughtful way," James Lindorf of Red Carpet Crash wrote, "The movie has a wonderful one Message about devotion and recognition of your own personality before it's too late. "
Web links
- Marguerite in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The Academy Awards 2019. In: oscars.org. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Jennie Kermode: Marguerite sS eyeforfilm.co.uk (English). Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Marianne Farley: Marguerite (Short) The Memories Of Youth sS ocmoviereviews.com (English). Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ↑ James Lindorf: Movie Short Review: "Marguerite" Is A Beautiful Message About Compassion sS redcarpetcrash.com (English). Retrieved January 25, 2019.