Ste. Anne (2021)

Directed by

Rhayne Vermette

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Métis woman returns to her Manitoba hometown after four years away to reconnect with her family. The film follows her quiet interactions and the gradual process of rebuilding those relationships.

atmosphericcontemplativeintimateslow-pacedmelancholicvisually poeticearthyunderstated

What happens

Ste. Anne is a Canadian experimental drama film, directed by Rhayne Vermette and released in 2021. The film stars Vermette as Renée, a Métis woman returning to her hometown in Manitoba for the first time in four years to reconnect with her family. The film's cast also includes Jack Theis, Valerie Marion, Andrina Turenne and Isabelle d’Eschambault. The film premiered in May 2021 at the Jeonju International Film Festival, It was subsequently screened at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival. The film won the Amplify Voices award for Best Canadian Film at TIFF, and was a nominee for the DGC Discovery Award at the 2021 Directors Guild of Canada awards. It was subsequently named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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