I apologise, we feel bad, but there's no trailer available. ~Ed.
This is a movie of luminous emotional intelligence which, as the title and opening sequence suggest, is interested in whether humans are genetically programmed to be who they are or whether our nature is learnt.
Louise Archambault's debut feature won the Best First Feature award at Toronto (2005) and scored eight nominations in Canada's Genie Awards, and won the Claude Jutra Award for her. And indeed, it's an impressive debut, both the screenplay and the direction delivering a decent payload of emotional pressure points about modern parenting. But it's not just about parenting; the complex layers of the screenplay, which make it so effective, deal with all the themes that touch us as we move through the generational stage of our lives.
There aren't many ingredients writer-director Louise Archambault leaves out of "Familia," a dramedy that certainly doesn't lack ambition, centered on a dysfunctional Quebec family. The well-cast ensembler's main flaw is lack of a consistent tone to bind its disparate elements: [The film] would play much better as an ironic Altmanesque comedy, since its moments of pure drama are the weakest. Still, this is a largely entertaining feature debut...
We've been told the NZ release date for this flick is Thursday, 28th Feb 2008.
Release date: February 28th 2008.
We haven't received times for this movie in this location yet. However these are updated as cinemas announce them, so check back soon. Hopefully the lovely cinemas in your location will choose to play it shortly. ~Ed.
