Monia Chokri

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Monia Chokri, 2010s

Monia Chokri (born June 27, 1982 in Québec ) is a Canadian actress and film director .

Life

Monia Chokri was born in Québec in 1982 and trained as an actress at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique in Montreal . Her mother is of Scottish descent with Scandinavian roots, and her father comes from the Tunisian Berber tradition. Xavier Dolan based her character's passionate playing style on her Arab origins.

First, she starred in several theater productions in Montreal before 2007 her film debut in the ténèbres L'Âge of Denys Arcand was. In 2010 she appeared as Marie in Heartbeats . In it, her role falls in love with the same man as her gay friend Francis, played by Xavier Dolan . Her acting performance has received positive acclaim from critics, including Le Monde .

Her debut as a director, the short film Somebody very special (Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire) , was released in 2013 and won not only the Prix ​​Jutra for the best short film, but also international prizes, for example at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin . She directed a feature film for the first time in 2019 for A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère) . Its premiere was shown at the Cannes Film Festival .

Filmography

  • Days of Darkness (2007)
  • Frédérique au center (2008)
  • Here, demain, here (2009)
  • Heartbreaker (2010)
  • Laurence Anyways (2012)
  • Clémenceau (2012)
  • Gare du Nord (2013)
  • New address (2014–2015)
  • Endorphins (2015)
  • The Saver (2015)
  • Heal the Living (2016)
  • A Taste of Ink (2017)
  • Les Affamés (2017)
  • Emma Peeters (2018)
  • A Brother's Love (2019; as director)
  • We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold) (2019)
  • Avant qu'on explose (2019)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Monia Chokri et Hafsia Herzi: filiations et racines. France Culture , May 22, 2019
  2. ↑ Monia CHOKRI | Luxembourg City Film Festival. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
  3. ^ Critique: "Les Amours imaginaires", de Xavier Dolan (Un certain regard) | Le Monde à Cannes. December 10, 2012, accessed April 30, 2020 .
  4. ^ Philippe Gajan: Chutes extraordinaires et royaumes mortels: 7 courts métrages québécois de La distributrice de films . In: 24 images . No. 172 , 2015, ISSN  0707-9389 , p. 50–50 ( erudit.org [accessed April 30, 2020]).
  5. ↑ Lisa Nesselson: 'A Brother's Love': Cannes Review. May 15, 2019, accessed April 30, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Chokri, Monia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actress and film director
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Quebec