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RUTH
"Ruth" is the story of a painful adolescence. Ruth decides on a whim to leave her small village in the Bas Saint-Laurent for the “real world” of the big city, Montreal. There she meets up with her brother, Jean-Paul. Her many lovers range from one-night stands like Bernard to Yves and Robert, who are briefly in her life. Passionate, anticonformist Ruth has to contend with her brother’s ferocious jealousy – he goes as far as attacking Robert, his best friend. Robert, completely baffled by Ruth’s cynical recklessness, finally pushes her away. Ruth continues her struggle to find absolute love. She clings passionately, clumsily and shamelessly to those she loves, and those she doesn’t, in frenzied desperation. Continually disappointed and shut out by the “real world,” she chooses a way out that is typically extreme…
Nomination for the prize L.-E.-OUIMET-MOLSON (best Québec feature of the year).
“Something
new in the Québec film landscape. Natural acting belies solid direction.”
Le Devoir
“"Ruth"
is one of the most moving films I’ve been lucky enough to see for
a very long time.”
Filmwärtz (Berlin)
“We’ve
been waiting for a first film like this for years.”
24 Images
“With
"Ruth", the films we’re seeing here can finally be described
as modern.”
Séquences
“"Ruth"
is an alarm call, a lifeline thrown into the ocean.”
La Presse
With: Ariane Frédérique,
Frédéric Teyssier, Émmanuel Bilodeau, Micheline Lanctôt,
Gaétan Nadeau, Jean Gaudreau, Marcel Pomerlo
Directed, written and produced by: François Delisle
DOP: Étienne DeMassy
Sound:Pierre Bertrand / François Guérin / Martyne Morin
Production designer: Éric Bernard
Editing: Pascale Paroissien
Music: Me Mom and Morgentaler
Line Producer: Joceline Genest
DVD, 35 mm, color, 70 min.
Year: 1994
Distribution in Canada: Les Films du 3 Mars
Buy the movie online: Renaud-Bray.com