FILM REVIEW - Gabrielle

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The musically gifted but developmentally challenged Gabrielle lives in a group home with four other adults who have similar disabilities. Like all young women, Gabrielle wants her independence, but of course her situation is exceptional. When she falls in love with a similarly challenged young man in her choir, she discovers that both the families and the social workers are alarmed can these two handle an adult relationship? Then Gabrielle’s beloved and supportive sister confesses that she is going to move
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, August 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, September Namur IFF, Belgium, September 2013
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, August 2013: Winner – Audience Prize. Festival Film Francophone d’Angouleme, France, August 2013: Winner – Best Actor. Namur IFF, Belgium, September 2013: Winner - Audience prize for fiction, Special mentions for Gabrielle Marion Rivard and Alexandre Landry. Festival du film Canadien de Dieppe, France, September 2013: Winner – Audience Prize, Winner – Best Actor. Gijón International Film Festival, Spain, November 2013: Winner – Best Actor: Alexandre Landry. Les Journées d