Deliver Me (film)
Deliver Me (French: Délivrez-moi) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denis Chouinard and released in 2006.[1] The film stars Céline Bonnier as Annie, a woman who has just been released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence for killing her former partner, and is attempting to make amends and reconcile with her daughter Sophie (Juliette Gosselin) over the objections of Irène (Geneviève Bujold), Sophie's paternal grandmother who has been raising the girl since her son's death.[2]
| Deliver Me | |
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| Délivrez-moi | |
| Directed by | Denis Chouinard |
| Produced by | Réal Chabot |
| Written by | Denis Chouinard Monique Proulx |
| Starring | Céline Bonnier Juliette Gosselin Geneviève Bujold |
| Music by | Claude Fradette |
| Cinematography | Steve Asselin |
| Edited by | Michel Arcand |
Production company | Coop Vidéo de Montréal Les Productions 23 Inc. |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The cast also includes Patrice Robitaille, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Gregory Hlady and Sandrine Bisson.
In preparation for the film, Chouinard and Bonnier met with a woman who had been incarcerated at the Joliette Institution for Women for murdering her husband.[3] Chouinard cowrote the screenplay with novelist Monique Proulx.[3]
Bonnier won the Prix Jutra for Best Actress at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007.[4] Bonnier also won the award for Best Actress, and Chouinard and Proulx won for Best Screenplay, at the 2007 Brussels Independent Film Festival.[1]
References
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "Délivrez-moi – Film de Denis Chouinard". Films du Québec, January 12, 2009.
- John Griffin, "Ex-con reading the wrong mommy manual". Montreal Gazette, May 12, 2006.
- Brendan Kelly, "Chouinard takes a new slant on outsiders". Montreal Gazette, May 6, 2006.
- Annik Chainey, "«La Passion d'Augustine» de Lea Pool remporte le prix du meilleur film". Canadian Press, March 20, 2016.