Our Loved Ones (2015)

Original title

Les êtres chers

Directed by

Anne Émond

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

14A

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family deals with the long-term aftermath of a father's suicide in 1978. The story follows his now-adult son David and his daughter Laurence as they cope with the lingering emotional effects.

melancholiccontemplativeemotionally heavyintimateslow-burnfamily-centeredsomberreflective

What happens

Our Loved Ones (French: Les êtres chers) is a 2015 Canadian drama film, directed by Anne Émond and starring Maxim Gaudette and Karelle Tremblay. The story centres on a family whose patriarch committed suicide in 1978, and explores the continuing emotional impact of his death on his now-adult son David (Gaudette) and David's daughter Laurence (Tremblay). The film was shot around Bas-Saint-Laurent. It received positive reviews and was nominated for seven Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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