Sonatine (1984)

Directed by

Micheline Lanctôt

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young girls, Chantal and Louisette, grow disillusioned with the adults around them. They plan a suicide pact together. The film shows each girl's separate experiences that lead them to lose faith in humanity.

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What happens

Sonatine is a 1984 Canadian drama film written and directed by Micheline Lanctôt. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film centres on two young girls, Chantal (Pascale Bussières) and Louisette (Marcia Pilote), who become disillusioned with the world of adults and plan a suicide pact. Lanctôt structured the film as a triptych, with one segment devoted to each of the two girls as an individual, going through the experiences that cause them to lose faith in humanity, before they plan the suicide pact in the third segment. Lanctôt admitted that she had written the screenplay at a time when she was very depressed. The film premiered in February 1984 before opening commercially in March. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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