Saguenay international
short film festival

Synopsis

A 30-year-old scholar, intelligent and beautiful yet socially crippled, is forced to attend a bachelorette party where her quest for authenticity leads to an unavoidable confrontation with old acquaintances.

Production :
Metafilms
Distribution :
La Distributrice de films
Contact :
Sound designer :
Sylvain Bellemare, Luc Boudrias and François Grenon
Cast :
Émilie Bibeau, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Évelyne Brochu, Sophie Cadieux, Marylin Castonguay, Anne Dorval, Émilie Gilbert, Laurence Leboeuf and Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
Script :
Monia Chokri
Image :
Josée Deshaies
Editing :
Xavier Dolan

Direction
  • Monia Chokri

    Born in Quebec City in 1983, she began her acting career after she completed her studies at Montreal's Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in 2005. She has received notable roles in films directed by Denys Arcand and Anne Émond. In 2010, she got better known thanks to her character in Les Amours imaginaires, directed by Xavier Dolan. An Extraordinary Person is her first short film as a scriptwriter and filmmaker.