Marie in the City (1987)

Original title

Marie s'en va-t-en ville

Directed by

Marquise Lepage

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 16m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Montreal, a prostitute named Sarah meets Marie, a teenage runaway. They form a friendship that changes both of their lives.

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What happens

Marie in the City (French: Marie s'en va-t-en ville) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Marquise Lepage and released in 1987. The film stars Frédérique Collin as Sarah, a prostitute in Montreal who befriends Marie (Geneviève Lenoir), a runaway teenager. The film garnered four Genie Award nominations at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988: Best Actress (Collin), Best Director (Lepage), Best Art Direction or Production Design (François Séguin) and Best Costume Design (Nicole Pelletier). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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