Underplayed Gems

With Jeff (2012)

With Jeff poster
Original title
Avec Jeff à moto
Directed by
Marie-Ève Juste
Genre
family
Country
Canada
Runtime
15 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A shy Haitian Canadian student lives a very structured and isolated life. She gets a taste of freedom when a classmate offers her a motorcycle ride.

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What happens

With Jeff (French: Avec Jeff, à moto) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Marie-Ève Juste and released in 2012. The film stars Laury Verdieu as Nydia, a shy, quiet Haitian Canadian student leading a regimented and isolated life, who gains a taste of freedom when she accepts a motorcycle ride from her classmate Jeff (Liridon Rashiti). The film premiered in the Director's Fortnight at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere in the Short Cuts program at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Short Film at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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