Curling
In a remote part of the Quebec countryside, Jean-François (Bilodeau) brings up his daughter Julyvonne (Bilodeau) alone, home-schooling her in between shifts doing maintenance at an isolated motel. However, vague and mysterious occurrences — a blood stain at the motel, frozen bodies in the snow — soon threaten their peaceful solitude.
Atmospheric and suspenseful, Curling is a beautiful blend of realism with a dash of Hitchcock, set in the icy stillness of rural Quebec.
Winner of the Best Director and Best Actor awards at the Locarno Film Festival.
Director
Denis Côté
Côté is a writer and filmmaker whose experimental features and documentaries have earned him over a dozen awards internationally and another 60 nominations. His directing credits include Carcasses (which premiered in the Director’s Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival), Curling (which won best director and actor awards at Locarno), Bestiaire, Vic + Flo ont vu un ours, Hygène Sociale (which won a best direction award at the Berlin International Film Festival), and many others.
Writer
Denis Côté
Cast
Emmanuel Bilodeau, Philomène Bilodeau, Roc LaFortune, Sophie Desmarais
Producers
Denis Côté, Stéphanie Morissette
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Original Language
French