For the Love of God (2011)
- Original title
- Pour l'amour de Dieu
- Directed by
- Micheline Lanctôt
- Genre
- drama film, fiction film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 3.0 of 10 from 1 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
In 1959, a girl at a convent school develops a crush on the new priest. She grows jealous when she realizes her teacher also loves him. The story follows how that love triangle affects the three people decades later.
tenderrestrainedyearningquietmelancholicintimatewistful
What happens
For the Love of God (French: Pour l'amour de Dieu) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Micheline Lanctôt and released in 2011. Based in part on a personal experience from Lanctôt's own childhood, the film centres on the sexual awakening of Léonie (Ariane Legault), a young girl attending convent school in 1959 who falls in love with Father Malachy (Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon), the new school priest, and becomes jealous when she realizes that her teacher, Sister Cécile (Madeleine Péloquin), is also in love with him. The film also explores the effect of the experience on the three into the present day, with Lanctôt herself playing the role of the adult Léonie, Geneviève Bujold as the senior Sister Cécile and Nelson Villagra as the senior Fr. Malachy. Rossif Sutherland also has a small role in the film as Jesus. The film premiered on August 24, 2011, at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, where it won awards for Best Actress (Péloquin) and Best Film. It opened commercially in Quebec on September 2. The film received six Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards, for Best Director (Lanctôt), Best Actress (Péloquin), Best Art Direction (Normand Sarazin), Best Cinematography (Michel La Veaux), Best Costume Design (François Barbeau) and Best Original Music (Catherine Major). Barbeau won the award for costume design. At the Shanghai International Film Festival in 2012, the film won the Golden Goblet Jury Grand Prix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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