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Brasier

After joining a high school soccer team made up of older girls, 11-year-old Pierre-Amelia is exposed to teenager sex talk. This precipitates her sexual awakening, and she develops an unexpected, taboo crush.

 

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Director
Cast

Amélia Raposo, Tiago Freire Brosseau

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2021

Language

In French with English subtitles

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Content Warning

Incest; sexually suggestive scene

14A
19 min

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VIFF Short Forum: Program 5

Growing up is hard to do, often harder as we get older.

 

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Credits

Producer

Sophie Ricard-Harvey, Charlotte Beaudoin-Poisson

Screenwriter

Camille Trudel

Cinematography

Antoine Ryan

Editor

Myriam Magassouba

Production Design

Louisa Schabas

Original Music

Sacha Ratcliffe

Director

Emilie Mannering headshot, Brasier director

Emilie Mannering

Emilie Mannering is a self-taught filmmaker from Montreal, Canada. Her award-winning short films have been screened in more than a hundred international film competitions. She was selected by the TIFF Talent Lab in 2017 and was nominated twice for the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Live Action Short Drama. Her latest short film Jarvik (2019) won the Region Skåne Short Film Award in Sweden.