Archive of films New Denmark / New Denmark

Canada
2009, 72 min

Section: Forum of Independents - Competition
Year: 2009

During a long, cloudy summer, Carla spends her time working, caring for her house, and looking for her missing sister. Her friends and a stranger aid the girl in her search. This third feature from an unconventional and original Quebecois director will be screened at Karlovy Vary as a world premiere.

Synopsis

During a long and cloudy summer, Carla spends her time working, taking care of the house, and looking for her missing sister. Her friends and a stranger help her look, and Carla tries to cope with the new and unwanted situation that has beset her. From the outside, nothing has happened in her everyday life. The banality of the activities that Carla performs from day to day contrast with the intensity of emotion she keeps inside herself. The simpler the plot of a Rafaël Ouellet movie, the more intensely the director is able to transfer his protagonists’ unrest onto the viewer and to mediate a look into their emotionally pulsing souls. The film’s original visual aspect aids him in this, as does the sensitive, fluid camera which follows the heroine almost step by step. This third film by an unconventional Québecois director will be presented at Karlovy Vary as a world premiere.

About the director

Rafaël Ouellet (b. 1974, Degelis, Quebec) is a self-taught director whose education focused on radio and television. He makes movies in a highly independent fashion with the same small crew from his hometown. For his feature debut Le cèdre penché (2007) he contributed as screenwriter, director, editor, and producer. His second feature, Derrière moi, followed in 2008, and he completed New Denmark in 2009. All of his films have been well received at international festivals, including his short works: I Mokret (Dans le noir, 2003), Przeprowadzka (2003), Film dans un sauna (2003), Face B (2004), and Dans l’est (2005).

Contacts

Estfilmindustri
6362 Des Écores, H2G 2J5, Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Tel: +1 514 582 5144
E-mail: [email protected]

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About the film

Color, HD CAM
World premiere

Section:	Forum of Independents - Competition

Director:	Rafaël Ouellet
Screenplay:	Rafaël Ouellet
Dir. of Photography:	Rafaël Ouellet
Music:	Man An Ocean
Editor:	Rafaël Ouellet
Producer:	Rafaël Ouellet
Production:	Estfilmindustri
Cast:	Carla Turcotte, Alexandra Soucy, Sophie Bérubé
Contact:	Estfilmindustri

Guests

Rafaël Ouellet

Film Director

Carla Turcotte

Actress