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SARAH PREFERS TO RUN (SARAH PRÉFÈRE LA COURSE)
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Completed - FRENCH - First film, Drama - 96 minutes

Log Line

Sarah is a gifted young middle-distance runner. Her life changes when she’s offered admission to Quebec’s best university athletics program, in Montreal – far from her suburban Quebec City home.

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Chloé ROBICHAUD
Writer(s) : Chloé ROBICHAUD
Cast : Sophie DESMARAIS, Jean-Sébastien COURCHESNE, Geneviève BOIVIN-ROUSSY, Hélène FLORENT, Eve DURANCEAU, Micheline LANCTÔT, Pierre-Luc LAFONTAINE, Benoît GOUIN

Producer(s) : Fanny-Laure MALO (La Boîte à Fanny)

Synopsis

Sarah is a gifted young middle-distance runner. Her life changes when she’s offered admission to Quebec’s best university athletics program, in Montreal – far from her suburban Quebec City home. Sarah doesn’t have her mother’s financial support for the move, or any support at all: her mother worries that leaving will be bad for Sarah’s health and life. But Sarah is stubborn, and moves to Montreal anyway, with her friend. Antoine. Though barely out of their teens, they get married because they want the best scholarships and loans. Marriage turns out to be completely different from what the naïve 20-year-olds expected. Sarah doesn’t want to hurt anyone with the choices she makes, it’s just that she loves running more than anything else.

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Country(ies) : CANADA

Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2013 Un Certain Regard
Toronto - TIFF 2013 Discovery
Los Cabos FF 2013 Competencia Int'l
BFI London FF 2013
Vancouver IFF 2013 (Women in Film and Television Artistic Medal Award)
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2013 (SIGNIS Award for Best Film, International competition)
Baja Film Fest. 2013
Warsaw FF 2013
Busan - BIFF/APM 2013
BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2014 - Int'l Official Selection (Best Actress: Sophie Desmarais)
Palm Spring Fest. 2014


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