Short to feature program
Ariane Louis-Seize
Humanist vampire seeking consenting suicidal person
Synopsis
Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too humanistic to bite! When her exasperated parents decide to cut her off, her survival is threatened. Luckily for her, Sasha meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies, who agrees to offer her his life. What was supposed to be an exchange of courtesies turns into a nocturnal epic in which the two new friends seek to fulfill Paul's last wishes before sunrise.
Director(s) :
Ariane Louis-Seize
Country : Québec
Year : 2023
Genre : Fiction
Duration : 01:32:00
Interpretation : Sara Montpetit, Félix-Antoine Bénard, Steve Laplante, Sophie Cadieux, Noémie O’Farrell, Marie Brassard
Scenario : Ariane Louis-Seize, Christine Doyon
Original soundtrack : Pierre-Philippe Côté
About
Ariane Louis-Seize
Ariane Louis-Seize is a Montreal-based filmmaker. She made her directorial debut with her short film “La peau sauvage”, a fantasy drama that travelled to over fifty festivals around the world and won numerous awards and nominations, including Best Fiction Short at the Gala Québec Cinéma and the Canadian Screen Awards. She then shot “Les petites vagues”, selected for the Berlinale and Canada's Top Ten at TIFF. In 2018, Ariane wrote and directed “Les profondeurs”, followed by “Comme une comète” in 2019, both of which had their world premiere at TIFF and their Quebec premiere at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. With “Comme une comète”, Ariane wins a dozen awards around the world, as well as being nominated again for the Iris for Best Fiction Short at the Gala Québec Cinéma. “Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant” is her first feature film. This darkly humorous vampire comedy-drama will be released in autumn 2023.
Photo : © Vivien Gaumand
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