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Sarah préfère la course (Sarah Prefers To Run)

Official Selection - Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival

Introverted and singularly focused, Sarah lives to run. When she is accepted as a middle-distance runner into the athletic training program at McGill, one of the best in the province, she is determined to leave Quebec City and go, in spite of her mother’s surprising lack of support, both emotional and financial. A solution comes from an unexpected source, her friend Antoine (Jean-Sébastien Courchesne), who offers to move in with her to help her save money – he even proposes they wed to access funding for married university students. Setting itself apart from typical stories of big dreams and athletic triumph, Sarah préfère la course is a subtle and stylish exploration of sacrifice and the consequences of chasing one’s desires. With a balance of drama and levity, writerdirector Chloé Robichaud unfolds Sarah’s personal life to reveal a refreshingly unusual protagonist, delightfully played by Sophie Desmarais. Sarah prefers to be in control, but two things nearly upend her single-minded world: an unexpected sexual attraction to fellow runner Zoey (Geneviève Boivin-Roussy) and the emergence of a medical condition that could affect her running career. In one of the best directorial debuts to come out of Quebec in recent years, Robichaud has created a carefully composed world, coolly photographed, with a quirky musical synchronicity, and filled with quickwitted dialogue. Charming and energetic, this intriguing journey of understanding is just as much ours as it is Sarah’s. – Agata Smoluch Del Sorbo, Toronto International Film Festival

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Directed by: 
Chloé Robichaud
Running Time: 
100
Country(ies): 
Canada
Language: 
French with English Subtitles
Starring: 
Sophie Desmarais, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy
Screenplay by: 
Chloé Robichaud

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