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Blond Night

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World Premiere

Worlds entwine when Victor, an autistic man who resides in a housing community, goes for a walk and meets Jessy, a sex worker ejected from a customer’s vehicle.

 

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Director
Cast

Patrick Dorneval, Dany Boudreault

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

In French with English subtitles

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Content Warning

Sexually suggestive scene

14A
16 min

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Fear, doubt, and loneliness give way to pleasure, empowerment, and reclamation—or, is it the other way around?

 

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Credits

Producer

Nellie Carrier

Screenwriter

Gabrielle Demers

Cinematography

Chloé Ellegé

Editor

Mathieu Bouchard Malo, Charlie Boisvert

Original Music

Alexis Elina

Art Director

Valérie-Jeanne Mathieu

Director

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Gabrielle Demers

Gabrielle Demers is a Montreal-based filmmaker. Her short film Iris (2017) was selected by several film festivals, including Slamdance. Her next film, The Pornographer (2018), was screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival. She is currently working on the film adaptation of the novel Querelle de Roberval, written by Kevin Lambert.