Two Women | Opening NightDeux femmes en or | Soirée d'ouverture | COMPLET
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| Monday, 7 April 2025 | 18:30 | La Maison du Cinéma |
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6:30 pm | RED CARPET
Join us at 6:30 p.m. to walk the Red Carpet in the company of actors and members of the film’s cast and crew :
- Catherine Léger
- Karine Gonthier-Hyndman
- Laurence Lebœuf
- Mani Soleymanlou
- Juliette Gariépy
7:00 pm | OPENING FILM
Two Women
Directed by Chloé Robichaud, scripted by Catherine Léger, based on her play of the same name, adapted from the film by Claude Fournier and Marie-José Raymond. Starring Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Laurence Leboeuf, Félix Moati, Mani Soleymanlou, Sophie Nélisse and Juliette Gariépy.
Violette and Florence no longer understand what’s happening to them. Respectively on maternity leave and on sick leave, one is on edge, the other feels nothing. The neighbors both feel like failures: despite their careers and families, they’re not happy. Florence’s first infidelity is a revelation. What if happiness meant rebelling against our rigid performance society? In a context where having fun is far down on the list of priorities, sleeping with a delivery boy could be downright revolutionary. For Violette and Florence, it’s the breath of fresh air they’ve been hoping for.
Special Jury Prize – Sundance – 2025
Opening Night is presented by Radio-Canada
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Catherine Léger Scénariste et productrice
Catherine Léger writes for film, TV and theater. Her screenplay for Charlotte a du fun, directed by Sophie Lorain, won her the Best Original Screenplay award at the 2019 Écrans canadiens. She also adapted for film Geneviève Pettersen's novel La Déesse des mouches à feu, directed by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, which was selected for the 70th Berlin International Film Festival 2020. She then signed the film adaptation of her play Baby-sitter, directed by Monia Chokri. The film was presented at the Sundance and Tribeca festivals in 2022.
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- Monday, 7 April 2025 | 18:30 - La Maison du Cinéma
Juliette Gariépy Actrice
Juliette Gariépy is an emerging actress and documentary filmmaker with a degree in cinema from Concordia. An actress from an early age, she has demonstrated a wide range of acting talent. She distinguished herself internationally with the series La Maison des Folles, winning several acting awards, and won the Gémeaux 2024 for best supporting role for the digital series 20h30 chez Mathieu. Her talent shines through in Les Chambres Rouges, for which she wins the 2023 Iris for Revelation of the Year, as well as a nomination for the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards. In 2025, she starred in Deux Femmes…
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- Monday, 7 April 2025 | 18:30 - La Maison du Cinéma
Mani Soleymanlou Comédien, metteur en scène, scénariste et auteur
Since graduating from the National Theatre School of Canada in 2008, Mani Soleymanlou has been very active on the Montreal stage. He has taken part in a number of high-profile theatre productions, including Projet Andromaque (Serge Denoncourt), L'Opéra de Quat'sous (Brigitte Haentjens) and Les trois mousquetaires (Serge Denoncourt). In 2011, Mani founded Orange Noyée, a creative company with which he writes, directs and performs. He created the identity triptych: UN, DEUX, et TROIS. After Montreal, the trilogy was staged in Paris with 40 performers. Mani went on to create a new cycle with Ils étaient quatre, Cinq à sept, Huit…
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- Monday, 7 April 2025 | 18:30 - La Maison du Cinéma
Karine Gonthier-Hyndman Actress
Karine Gonthier-Hyndman has distinguished herself in a number of theatrical roles over the past decade. The plethora of projects she has taken part in underscores both her versatility and her passion for creation. She has shone in such productions as Queue cerise (Olivier Morin) and Tocate et Fugue (Florent Siaud) at Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui, Le songe d'une nuit d'été (Frédéric Bélanger) at Théâtre Denise-Pelletier and Le Roman de Monsieur Molière (Lorraine Pintal) at TNM. In 2023, she captivated audiences with Le Faiseur (Alice Ronfard) at Théâtre Denise-Pelletier and Seeker (Justin Laramée) at Centre du Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui, before continuing in 2024 with…
Will attend:
- Monday, 7 April 2025 | 18:30 - La Maison du Cinéma