Simple comme Sylvain, Monia Chokri’s third feature film as director, will be presented at Un Certain Regard, an official section of the Cannes Film Festival, next month. Four years after winning a popular award thanks to My Brother’s Wife, the Quebec filmmaker will be back on the Croisette to present her new offering.
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Monia Chokri, to whom we also have Babysitter to thank, brings to screens this time an original screenplay that she wrote. Magalie Lépine-Blondeau slips into the skin of Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor who has been living quietly in a relationship with a political science professor for 10 years, despite a dormant sex life that neither she nor the other complains about. However, Sophia’s life changes the day she meets Sylvain, a Laurentian entrepreneur at the antipode of her way of life, with whom she will share a burning passion. Among others, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Francis-William Rhéaume, Steve Laplante and Marie-Ginette Guay show their talent.
“It’s a comedy by Quebec Chokrian! ‘ commented Delegate General Thierry Frémaux on his choice.
The 76th Cannes Film Festival takes place from May 16th to 27th.
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Magalie Lépine-Blondeau and Pierre-Yves Cardinal in Simple comme Sylvain, a film directed by Monia Chokri.