Raindance Film Festival 2012

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Familiar Ground (Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Stéphane Lafleur; Writer: Stéphane Lafleur; Stars: Francis La Haye, Fanny Mallette, Sylvain Marcel)
An unhappy couple beset by mundane problems find their lives transformed by a man who claims to be from the future.
Laurentie (Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie; Writer: Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie; Stars: Emmanuel Schwartz, Jade Hassouné, Eugénie Beaudry)
A broken relationship sees an already troubled man spiral downward.
Over My Dead Body (Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Brigitte Poupart; Writer: Brigitte Poupart; Stars: Virginie Dubois, Stéphanie Morissette, Brigitte Poupart)
A dance choreographer with cystic fibrosis focuses on his art as he awaits a lung transplant.
The Salesman (Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Sébastien Pilote; Writer: Sébastien Pilote; Stars: Gilbert Sicotte, Nathalie Cavezzali, Jeremy Tessier)
An ageing car salesman stubbornly struggles on in the face of a Quebecois winter in which the roads are all but impassable.
Winter Passed (Country: Canada; Year: 2012; Director: Paul Barbeau; Writer: Paul Barbeau; Stars: Émile Schneider-Vanier, Benz Antoine, Isabelle O’brien)
One cold winter, Simon's life seems to be falling apart, and now he can't find his son.
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