La Sarrasine (1992)
- Original title
- La sarrasine
- Directed by
- Paul Tana
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An Italian immigrant in Montreal accidentally kills a French Canadian man while breaking up a fight and is put on trial for murder. The film follows his family as they deal with the legal and emotional fallout of the incident.
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What happens
The Saracen Woman (French: La Sarrasine) is a Canadian drama film, released in 1992. Directed by Paul Tana and written by Tana and Bruno Ramirez, the film stars Tony Nardi and Enrica Maria Modugno as Giuseppe and Ninetta Moschella, Italian immigrants in Montreal, Quebec. One day, Giuseppe breaks up a fight between a Sicilian tenant of the Moschellas' boarding house and Theo (Gilbert Sicotte), a French Canadian labourer who is also the son-in-law of Giuseppe's friend Alphonse Lamoureux (Jean Lapointe), and is put on trial for murder after his intervention results in Theo's accidental death. The film's cast also includes Tano Cimarosa, Paul Savoie and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. Nardi won the Genie Award for Best Actor at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992. The film also garnered nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Modugno), Best Supporting Actor (Cimarosa), Best Supporting Actress (Tremblay), Best Original Screenplay (Tana and Ramirez), Best Cinematography (Michel Caron), Best Art Direction (François Séguin), Best Costume Design (François Barbeau) and Best Musical Score (Pierre Desrochers). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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