Canadian Film Institute
32A

dir. Marian Quinn
Ireland
89 minutes
2009 EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL
Auditorium, Library and Archives Canada
Thursday, November 26th
9:00 pm
Maeve is caught between being a girl and being a woman. The film starts as Maeve uses her snow-white bra for the first time, as she steps out into the world as a young woman. Her friends are more experienced than her, as they already wear bras and have already had experiences with boys. Maeve tries to catch up with her friends but loses her priorities on the way. Featuring known actors such as Aidan Quinn (LEGENDS OF THE FALLl) and Jared Harris (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTION), director Marian Quinn’s somewhat semi-autobiographical film is a coming of age story with heart and humour.

Un film sur la vie de Maeve, qui est à mi-chemin entre fille et femme.  Le film commence alors que Maeve met pour la première fois son soutien-gorge d'adolescente pour faire son entrée dans le monde des femmes.  Ses amies ont plus d’expérience qu'elle puisqu’elles portent déjà des soutiens-gorge et qu’elles ont eu des relations avec des garçons.  Maeve tente de rattraper ses amies, au point d'en oublier ses priorités.  Cette coproduction irlando-allemande met en vedette des acteurs européens ainsi que les acteurs bien connus Idha Quinn (Legends of the Fall) et Jarred Harris (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button).  Le film à demi auto-biographique de la réalisatrice Marian Quinn raconte un passage à l'âge adulte avec beaucoup de cœur et d'humour, et est couronné par le jeu brillant des acteurs.

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