Marriages (2001)

Original title

Mariages

Directed by

Catherine Martin

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 19th-century Quebec, a young girl named Yvonne experiences sexual awakening and the surprising reappearance of her mother who died in childbirth. The film explores how these events disrupt her life and family.

intimateemotionalslow-pacedatmosphericsomberbittersweetevocative

What happens

Marriages (French: Mariages) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Catherine Martin and released in 2001. The film centres on Yvonne (Marie-Ève Bertrand), a young girl in 19th-century Quebec whose life is turned upside down by both her own sexual awakening and the apparent return of her mother, who died giving birth to her. The film's cast also includes Guylaine Tremblay, Hélène Loiselle, David Boutin, Mirianne Brûlé and Raymond Cloutier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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