A Girl at the Window

A Girl at the Window (French: Une jeune fille à la fenêtre) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Leclerc and released in 2001.[1] The film stars Fanny Mallette as Marthe, a young woman living in Quebec City in the 1920s; afflicted with an incurable heart condition which will eventually kill her, she is ostensibly in Quebec City to study classical piano, but decides to live for the moment and get more enjoyment out of the time she has after being exposed to the city's jazz nightclubs.[2]

A Girl at the Window
Une jeune fille à la fenêtre
Directed byFrancis Leclerc
Produced byBarbara Shrier
Written byMarcel Beaulieu
Francis Leclerc
StarringFanny Mallette
Hugues Frenette
Denis Bernard
Music byPierre Duchesne
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byGlenn Berman
Production
company
Palomar
Distributed byAlliance Atlantis
Release date
  • August 30, 2001 (2001-08-30) (MWFF)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Hugues Frenette, Denis Bernard, Évelyne Rompré, Johanne-Marie Tremblay and Diane Dufresne.[3]

Leclerc wrote the screenplay based loosely on his own sister, who herself died of a heart condition at a young age.[4] The film was shot in 2000,[5] and premiered at the 2001 Montreal World Film Festival.[6]

The film received three Genie Award nominations at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, for Best Overall Sound (Dominique Chartrand, Luc Boudrias, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Hans Peter Strobl), Best Sound Editing (Marcel Pothier, Guy Francoeur, Carole Gagnon, Dominik Pagacz, Jacques Plante) and Best Original Score (Pierre Duchesne).[7] Mallette received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actress at the 4th Jutra Awards.[8]

References
  1. "Une jeune fille à la fenêtre – Film de Francis Leclerc". Films du Québec, March 12, 2009.
  2. "1920s get fresh feel in Fille". Montreal Gazette, August 31, 2001.
  3. "Une jeune fille à la fenêtre/Francis Leclerc : Une histoire simple". Voir, September 19, 2001.
  4. "A Leclerc family affair: Film-maker with the famous father takes inspiration from another ancestor". Montreal Gazette, August 31, 2001.
  5. "First feature for Leclerc: Draws on friends for filming of Une Jeune Fille a la Fenetre". Montreal Gazette, September 14, 2000.
  6. "Montreal film festival books 388 flicks". Ottawa Citizen, August 10, 2001.
  7. "Atanarjuat, War Bride share lead; Nominees for the 2001 Genie Awards, honouring the best in Canadian film, announced this week". Times & Transcript, December 14, 2001.
  8. "Hot year at home: Jutra nominees reflect a booming local film scene". Montreal Gazette, January 24, 2002.


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