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Tectonic Plates (1992)

Tectonic Plates poster
Directed by
Peter Mettler
Genre
independent film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 44m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows characters whose lives and relationships shift across places and time. It connects personal stories to larger cycles like the movement of tectonic plates.

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What happens

Tectonic Plates is a 1992 Canadian film directed by Peter Mettler, with a screenplay by Mettler based on a stage play by Robert Lepage and Théâtre Repère. It stars Marie Gignac, Robert Lepage and Céline Bonnier. The film won awards including the Catholic Jury Prize for Best Film of the Festival at Mannheim, and was screened at festivals in Rotterdam, Jerusalem and San Sebastián. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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