Cinematography:
Nicolas CanniccioniCast:
Emmanuel Schwartz, Jade Hassouné, Eugénie Beaudry, Guillaume Cyr, Christian LeBlanc, Nastassia Markiewicz, Erin Agostino, David Giguère, Karl Farah (more)Plots(1)
A youth named Louis lives in Montreal. He has no interests, real friends, or even dreams. His only hobby is perusing porn for the purpose of pleasuring himself. Louis begins to show signs of frustration. After moving to a new apartment he discovers that his new neighbor is his exact opposite: surrounded by friends, the good-looking young man is entertaining and obviously happy. His encounter with this guy evokes new impulses in obsessive Louis that eventually change his life. Laurentia is a drama which lays bare the absolute emptiness of life in contemporary society. The internal and external drama of Louis’s existential path is told through a refined, ascetic style employing long shots and a bare minimum of dialogue. Thanks to its formal aspects, Laurentia can be classed as spiritual cinema in that it offers a complex look at sex, death, and life’s spiritual dimension. In terms of its tone, the work is reminiscent of Carlos Reygadas’s Battle in Heaven (Batalla en el cielo, 2005). (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Emmanuel Schwartz
Best movies:
The Twentieth Century (2019)
I'm Not There (2007)
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Jade Hassouné
Best movies:
Cyberbully (2011) (TV movie)
Brick Mansions (2014)
The Expatriate (2012)
Eugénie Beaudry
Best movies:
10 1/2 (2010)
The Age of Ignorance (2007)
Polytechnique (2009)
Christian LeBlanc
Best movies:
Drifting States (2005)
Laurentia (2011)
Nastassia Markiewicz
Canada
Best movies:
Gerontophilia (2013)
Lemonade (2018)
Cyberbully (2011) (TV movie)
Erin Agostino
Canada
Best movies:
Girlhouse (2014)
Brad's Status (2017)
Winx Club: the Secret of the Lost Kingdom (2007) - narrator
Karl Farah
Best movies:
Young Juliette (2019)
Vic+Flo Saw a Bear (2013)
Laurentia (2011)
Virginie Ranger-Beauregard
Canada
Best movies:
Laurentia (2011)
Philippe Thibault-Denis
Best movies:
Laurentia (2011)
Janice Kingsley
Best movies:
Perfect Plan (2010) (TV movie)
Laurentia (2011)
Gabriel Dagenais
Best movies:
Vic+Flo Saw a Bear (2013)
Laurentia (2011)
Luc Morissette
Best movies:
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997) (TV movie)
The Human Stain (2003)
On the Road (2012)
Olivier Barrette
Best movies:
Laurentia (2011)
Wyatt Bowen
Best movies:
I'm Not There (2007)
The Hummingbird Project (2018)
Good Sam (2019)