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A grieving mother, a philosopher, and a sex worker walk into a bar called existence. Nobody leaves unchanged.
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Une manière de vivre (2019)

French-Canadian chamber dramaexistential dread with a croissantmessy women doing messy things

Overview

Drama

Colette's life is shattered when her husband dies in a mysterious road accident. This may bring her closer to her daughter Gabrielle, a young bulimic woman who works as a luxury escort. The latter begins to take a strong interest in Joseph, a Belgian philosophy teacher who is passing through Montreal. She presses him with questions about existence, which scares the specialist from Spinoza, who quickly thinks of going home to find his lover. Except that he is intrigued by this presence and the power it has over him

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Standout Aspects

Acting

Laurent Lucas makes Spinoza anxiety weirdly hot.

Writing

Dialogue that actually earns its philosophy degree.

Direction

Lanctôt's unflinching gaze at female pain.

Best for:Solo: When you want to feel artistically sad and intellectually superior.·Date Night: Only if your relationship can survive a Spinoza argument at 2am.
Heads up:Emotional: Sudden death, disordered eating, parental grief.·Sexual Content: Escort work depicted explicitly but not exploitatively.
Micheline Lanctôt

Director

Micheline Lanctôt

ReleasedNov 1, 2019
Runtime1h 58m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Budget$3.6M
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Top Cast

Laurent Lucas

Laurent Lucas

Joseph

Rose-Marie Perreault

Rose-Marie Perreault

Gabrielle

Gabrielle Lazure

Gabrielle Lazure

Colette

Pierre-Luc Lafontaine

Pierre-Luc Lafontaine

Ariel Ifergan

Ariel Ifergan

Spinoza

Jacqueline van de Geer

Jacqueline van de Geer

Brigitte Poupart

Brigitte Poupart

Jean-François Boudreau

Jean-François Boudreau

Martine Fortin

Martine Fortin

Rita

Paul Doucet

Paul Doucet

Robin Aubert

Robin Aubert

Hugolin Chevrette

Hugolin Chevrette

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Micheline Lanctôt cast Rose-Marie Perreault after seeing her in a completely different genre—she wanted that unpredictable energy.

Cultural

The film sparked debate in Quebec about whether it romanticizes sex work or critiques the bourgeois intellectual's gaze upon it.

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