Liverpool

Director Manon Briand
Year 2012
Run Time 113min
Genre Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Émilie (Lapointe) is a shy coat-check girl at a club called Liverpool. When a patron overdoses in the club and Émilie attempts to return her jacket, this simple good deed lands her in the middle of a dark conspiracy.

Helping her on her journey through Montreal’s shady underworld is computer-whiz Thomas (Dubé), who has had his eye on her for some time. As the intrepid duo embark on a dangerous journey filled with secrets and intrigue, Thomas, an aspiring journalist, uses social media and technology to help them reveal the truth.

Equal parts thriller, comedy and romance, Liverpool is a charming and quirky film about an unlikely pair of would-be detectives who try to solve a mystery and might just end up falling in love in the process.

Director

Manon Briand

Briand is a filmmaker and writer whose first short film, Les sauf-conduits, won Best Canadian Short Film at TIFF. She also directed a segment of the anthology Cosmos. Her features include 2 secondes, La turbulence des fluides (Chaos and Desire, for which she won a Jutra Award), Liverpool and Tous Toqués !, all of which she wrote and directed.

Writer

Manon Briand

Cast

Stéphanie Lapointe, Charles-Alexandre Dubé, Louis Morissette, Gilles Renaud

Producers

Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal

Genres

Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Interests

Environment, Female Filmmaker, Strong Female Leads

Original Language

French