''Ghost Town Anthology'' (french: Répertoire des villes disparues) is a 2019 French-language Canadian
supernatural
Supernatural refers to phenomena or entities that are beyond the laws of nature. The term is derived from Medieval Latin , from Latin (above, beyond, or outside of) + (nature) Though the corollary term "nature", has had multiple meanings si ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Denis Côté
Denis Côté (born November 16, 1973) is an independent filmmaker and producer living in Quebec, of Brayon origin. His experimental films have been shown at major film festivals around the world.
Life and career
Côté was born in Perth-Andover ...
. It was selected to compete for the
Golden Bear
The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin.
History
The winn ...
at the
69th Berlin International Film Festival
The 69th annual Berlin International Film Festival took place from 7 to 17 February 2019. French actress Juliette Binoche served as the Jury President. Lone Scherfig's drama film ''The Kindness of Strangers (film), The Kindness of Strangers'' op ...
. The film is an adaptation of the 2015 novel by Quebec writer Laurence Oliver.
Set in the small town of Sainte-Irénée-les-Neiges, Quebec, the film centres on the inhabitants of the town who are struggling to cope after Simon Dubé, the teenage son of an area family, is killed in a car accident.
As the family and town grieve, however, the residents begin to report a number of
ghost
A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...
sightings.
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Cast
* Robert Naylor
*Jocelyne Zucco
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*Josée Deschênes
Josée Deschênes (born August 9, 1961 in Jonquière (now Saguenay, Quebec)) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performances in the films ''Polygraph'', for which she was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress ...
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* Rachel Graton
Awards
References
External links
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2019 drama films
Canadian drama films
Films directed by Denis Côté
Canadian ghost films
Films based on Canadian novels
French-language Canadian films
2010s Canadian films
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