Inès (2021)

Directed by

Renée Beaulieu

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 20-year-old woman cares for her mother in a long coma while living in an unhealthy bond with her father. She tries to find a way to become independent and start her own life.

intimatemelancholicslow-burnrestrainedemotionally heavyfamilialintrospectivebittersweet

What happens

Inès is a Canadian coming-of-age drama film, directed by Renée Beaulieu and released in 2021. The film stars Rosalie Bonenfant as Inès, a woman who has just turned 20 years old, and whose mother Claudelle (Noémie Godin-Vigneau) has been in a coma for several years. Stuck in an unhealthy, codependent relationship with her father Christian (Roy Dupuis), she struggles to find a way to break free and chart a new course for her life. The cast also includes Martin Dubreuil, Alexandre Pronovost, Maxime Dumontier, Mélanie Pilon, Nikki Bohm, Laurence Champagne, Noémie Evangelho, George Hebert, Laurence Latreille, Jonathan Robert, Camille Poirier, David-Emmanuel Jauniaux, Philippe Robidoux, Dany Gange and Juliette Gariépy. The film premiered in the Borsos Competition program at the 2021 Whistler Film Festival, before going into commercial release in May 2022. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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