“Highly original… Philippe Lesage takes chances, and succeeds
with boldly original form and narrative.”
— Ben Kenigsberg, The New York Times
“One of the best films of the year.”
— Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail
“Exciting and heartbreaking, like a true first love”
— Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter
THREE TEENS ARE SHAKEN BY FIRST LOVES AND THE TURMOIL OF YOUTH IN A POIGNANT COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA FROM DIRECTOR PHILIPPE LESAGE
GENÈSE
Street Date: November 19, 2019
DVD/Digital: $24.95
The DVD Features Commentary by the Director and the
Bonus Short Film “The Lesson”
SYNOPSIS
Three teenagers encounter the turmoils of love and youth in Philippe Lesage’s GENÈSE (GENESIS). While the charismatic Guillaume (Théodore Pellerin) wrestles with his sexual identity at boarding school, his older half sister Charlotte (Noée Abita) navigates an adult world filled with casual cruelty. Separately, Félix (Édouard Tremblay-Grenier) meets his first girlfriend while away at summer camp. At a time when others are conforming, these three individuals stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.
Lesage and his young actors depict the aches of becoming oneself with nuance, honesty, and compassion, and the result is one of the most beautiful coming-of-age stories in years in this Official Selection at Locarno, named as one of Canada’s Top 10 Films of 2018 at the Toronto International Film Festival.
BONUS
- Commentary by director Philippe Lesage
- Bonus Short Film: The Lesson (Directed by Tristan Aymon | Switzerland | French with English subtitles | 15 minutes) — Motorcyclist Ludovic has his sights set on Axelle, but things do not go exactly as planned
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Running Time: 129 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound/2.0 Stereo
Language: English, French with English Subtitles
“Fevered imagination and nightmarish reality brush shoulders to
disconcerting effect…[an] extraordinary examination of childhood fears festering in broad suburban daylight.”
— Guy Lodge, Variety
THE STARK FEARS OF CHILDHOOD ARE LAID BARE BENEATH
THE COMFORTABLE SURFACE OF A MONTREAL SUBURB IN
PHILIPPE LESAGE’S ACCLAIMED, POIGNANT
COMING-OF-AGE DRAMA
THE DEMONS
Street Date: November 19, 2019
DVD/Digital: $24.95
SYNOPSIS
While Montreal is in the throes of a string of kidnappings targeting young boys, ten-year-old Felix (Edouard Tremblay-Grenier) is finishing his school year in the seemingly quiet suburb where he lives. A sensitive boy with a vivid imagination, Felix is afraid of everything. Little by little, his imaginary demons begin to mirror those of the truly disturbing world around him.
Winner of the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Film Festival and nominated for Best Motion Picture and Achievement in Directing at the Canadian Screen Awards, Jonathan Holland of The Hollywood Reporter says, “Via cool observation, a studied but not glacial pace, and a troubling yet compelling atmosphere of permanent unease, this rewarding, thoughtful second feature from an erstwhile documentary maker blessed with a coolly quizzical eye asks major questions about what kind of world our paranoid, neurotic society is making for its children.”
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Type: DVD/Digital (iTunes, Amazon, Vudu)
Running Time: 118 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Widescreen
Audio: 5.1 Surround Sound/2.0 Stereo
Language: English, French with English Subtitles
About Film Movement
Founded in 2002, Film Movement is a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. It has released more than 250 feature films and shorts culled from prestigious film festivals worldwide. Film Movement’s theatrical releases include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign art house titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra and Melanie Laurent. In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, King Hu, Sergio Corbucci and Ettore Scola. For more information, please visit www.filmmovement.com. Visit www.filmmovementplus.com for more information about Film Movement Plus, the new subscription streaming service from Film Movement.
