A Woman, My Mother

A Woman, My Mother (French: Une femme, ma mère) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Claude Demers and released in 2019.[1] The film documents Demers's efforts to learn more about his birth mother, who gave him up for adoption but later died before Demers ever had the opportunity to meet her as an adult, leaving him with many gaps in his understanding that he could fill in only with imaginative speculation.[2]

A Woman, My Mother
Film poster
FrenchUne femme, ma mère
Directed byClaude Demers
Produced byClaude Demers
Written byClaude Demers
Music bySerge Nakauchi Pelletier
CinematographyOlivier Tétreault
Stéphanie Anne Weber Biron
Edited byNatalie Lamoureux
Production
company
Les Films de L'Autre
Distributed byK Films Amérique
Release date
  • November 21, 2019 (2019-11-21) (RIDM)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered in November 2019 at the Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] where it won the award for Best Canadian Feature.[4] It went into theatrical release in Quebec in early 2020,[1] and was screened as part of the 2020 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[5]

The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020, for Best Editing in a Documentary (Natalie Lamoureux) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Luc Boudrias and Patrice LeBlanc).[6]

References
  1. André Lavoie, "«Une femme, ma mère»: rien, ou si peu, sur ma mère". Le Devoir, January 31, 2020.
  2. Silvia Galipeau, "Une femme, ma mère : film à ma mère". La Presse, January 27, 2020.
  3. "‘Where all stories meet’: The Montreal International Documentary Festival opens Nov. 14". The Suburban, November 12, 2019.
  4. Dina Lobo, "Movies with Mom: Claude Demers on ‘A Woman, My Mother’". Point of View, June 6, 2020.
  5. Daniele Alcinii, "Twenty-three Canadian titles among Hot Docs virtual lineup". Playback, May 5, 2020.
  6. "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
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