Vic and Flo Saw a Bear
Film poster
FrenchVic+Flo ont vu un ours
Directed byDenis Côté
Written byDenis Côté
Produced bySylvain Corbeil
Stéphanie Morissette
StarringMarc-André Grondin
Romane Bohringer
Pierrette Robitaille
CinematographyIan Lagarde
Release date
  • 10 February 2013 (2013-02-10) (Berlin)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (French: Vic+Flo ont vu un ours) is a 2013 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Côté. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival,[1] where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.[2]

The film stars Romane Bohringer and Pierrette Robitaille as Vic and Flo, lesbian lovers and former convicts who settle in the countryside of Quebec after Vic is released from prison.[3] Marc-André Grondin also stars as Guillaume, Vic's parole officer who gets drawn into Vic and Flo's relationship drama as Vic begins to rebel against the constraints of her newly stable domestic life.[3]

Cast

Awards

The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2014.[4]

Robitaille won the Jutra Award for Best Actress at the 16th Jutra Awards.[5] The film also received nominations for Best Director (Côté), Best Supporting Actress (Brassard), Best Screenplay (Côté) and Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.[6]

Bohringer received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Berlinale 2013: Competition Now Complete" (PDF). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. ^ "International Jury 2013". berlinale. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b Knegt, Peter (11 February 2013). "Quebec film Vic and Flo Saw a Bear premieres in Berlinale competition". Toronto Star. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  4. ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri (22 March 2014). "Denis Côté remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". Films du Québec. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  5. ^ Cummins, Julianna (24 March 2014). "'Strong' showing from Louis Cyr at 2014 Jutra Awards". Playback.
  6. ^ Moreault, Éric (27 January 2014). "Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champion des nominations". Le Soleil (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ "And the 2014 VFCC nominees are...". Vancouver Film Critics Circle, 22 December 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2023.

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