Passage (2020)

Directed by

Sarah Baril Gaudet

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 21m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows two teenagers in rural Quebec over one summer as they face major life decisions. One wants to move to the city to be openly gay while the other wrestles with leaving home for school.

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What happens

Passage is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Sarah Baril Gaudet and released in 2020. The film is a portrait of Gabrielle Goupil and Yoan Duchesne, two teenagers in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, over the summer when they are facing choices about their future as young adults; Yoan wants to move to the big city so that he can safely come out as gay, while Gabrielle is conflicted about whether she wants to leave to attend university, or stay at home. The film premiered at the 2020 Montreal International Documentary Festival. The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Baril Gaudet) and the Public Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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