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2017 Canadian film
Marguerite
Directed byMarianne Farley
Written byMarianne Farley
Produced byMarie-Hélène Panisset
StarringBéatrice Picard
Sandrine Bisson
CinematographyMarc Simpson-Threlford
Edited byMathieu Bélanger
Music byJulien Knafo
Production
companies		DIY Films
Les Films de L'Hydre
Distributed byH264 Distribution
Release date
  • 12 November 2017 (2017-11-12) (Taipei)
Running time19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Marguerite is a 2017 Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Marianne Farley. The film stars Béatrice Picard and Sandrine Bisson.

The film premiered at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival on 12 November 2017. In 2018, it screened at both LGBT and general film festivals. It was one of 12 short films selected for screening on Ici TOU.TV in conjunction with the 2018 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma film festival.

Plot

An elderly woman confronts her own long-repressed romantic feelings for another woman after learning that her home care nurse is a lesbian.

Cast

  • Béatrice Picard as Marguerite
  • Sandrine Bisson as Rachel

Awards

Marguerite won numerous film festival awards, including Best Actress (International) for Béatrice Picard at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (Japan), Best Short Film at QFilms Long Beach, Best Short Film at TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival, Best Short Film Female at FilmOut San Diego, Best Women's Short Audience Award at Wicked Queer (Boston), and the Live Action Short Grand Prize at Academy Award-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards.

See also

References

  1. Duchesne, André (13 May 2018). "Marianne Farley invitée à Tokyo". La Presse.
  2. "Marguerite Stirs the Heart". The Hollywood Times. 1 January 2019.
  3. "瑪格麗塔的情人 Marguerite". Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. November 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  4. "Marguerite (2017)". Sogou. 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  5. Dingle, Jon (4 October 2018). "Marianne Farley's Heartfelt Live-action Short Marguerite Sweeps the Boards at International Film Festivals". Filmoria.
  6. Faradji, Helen (21 February 2018). "12 courts métrages des Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma s'invitent sur ICI Tou.tv". CBC Radio-Canada.
  7. "The award results for SSFF & Asia 2018". Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia. 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  8. "2018 QFilm Festival Award Winners". QFilms Long Beach. 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  9. Burns, Chase (22 October 2018). "Rafiki Wins Top Awards at Seattle's TWIST Film Festival". The Stranger.
  10. Rawles, Timothy (19 June 2018). "'Anything' takes top prizes at FilmOut's San Diego LGBT Film Festival 2018". San Diego Gay and Lesbian News.
  11. Wicked Queer: The Boston LGBT Film Festival (3 May 2018). "Wicked Queer 2018 Best Women's Short Audience Award Winner: Marguerite by Marianne Farley". Facebook. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  12. "2018 Film Festival Award Winners Announced on Sunday, August 12th". Rhode Island International Film Festival. 12 August 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  13. Yoon, Jennifer (22 January 2019). "Two Quebec filmmakers receive first-ever Academy Award nominations". CBC News.
  14. Vlessing, Etan (22 January 2019). "Oscars: 'Fauve,' 'Marguerite' Land Two Nominations for Canada". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  15. Staff (24 February 2019). "Oscar Winners 2019: The Complete List". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2019.

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