Felix and Meira
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Directed by | Maxime Giroux |
Produced by | Sylvain Corbeil Nancy Grant |
Written by | Maxime Giroux Alexandre Laferrière |
Starring | Martin Dubreuil Luzer Twersky Hadas Yaron |
Music by | Olivier Alary |
Cinematography | Sara Mishara |
Edited by | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
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Distributed by | Funfilm |
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105 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | Yiddish English French |
Felix and Meira (French: Félix et Meira) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Maxime Giroux. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival and at the Torino Film Festival. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[2][3]
The film won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto festival.[4] It also won Best Screenplay from the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards (formerly known as the Prix Jutra).[citation needed] At the 2014 Haifa International Film Festival, Felix and Meira won the Tobias Szpancer Award for Best Film (Between Judaism and Israelism Competition).[5][6] At the 2014 Whistler Film Festival, it swept all four Borsos Awards (conferred by a jury for Canadian feature films in competition).[7][8] The film was included in the list of "Canada's Top Ten" feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.[9][10]
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Plot
Meira, a young wife and Hassidic Jew, is not allowed to listen to secular music. Her life changes when she meets the free-spirited Félix, a gentile who lives in her neighborhood.
Cast
- Martin Dubreuil as Félix
- Hadas Yaron as Meira
- Luzer Twersky as Shulem
- Anne-Élisabeth Bossé as Caroline
- Benoît Girard as Théodore
- Melissa Weisz as Ruth
See also
- List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Canadian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Felix and Meira at IMDb
- Félix et Meira at Cinoche.com
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