Anne Émond’s most recent film, Lucy Grizzli Sophie, will open the 42nd edition of Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma next February, the festival announced.
Adaptation of the play La Meute, written by Catherine-Anne Toupin, this psychological thriller will have its world premiere as part of the event on February 21.
“Lucy Grizzli Sophie selected to open this great celebration of Quebec cinema… What an honor! », Reacted the playwright and actress in a press release.
The feature film tells the story of Sophie, a hunted and traumatized woman, who lands in a lodge hundreds of kilometers from home. There, she meets Louise and her nephew Martin, with whom a “troubling complicity emerges”, indicates the synopsis.
Just like in the play presented in 2018, Catherine-Anne Toupin plays alongside Guillaume Cyr and Lise Roy.
Les Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma will be held from February 21 to March 2, 2024. Lucy Grizzli Sophie will be showing across Quebec on February 23.
