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    The Amina Profile

    Sophie DERASPE 2014 Canada Documentary color 85min English, French, Ara DCP
    Amina ARRAF, an attractive Syrian-American revolutionary, is having an online affair with Sandra BAGARIA, a young, brilliant and wellinformed Montreal professional. Amina then launches her provocatively named blog, A Gay Girl in Damascus. As the Syrian uprising gains momentum, the blog acquires a huge following. But it's Amina's subsequent abduction—carried out in broad daylight in downtown Damascus, allegedly by the Syrian secret police—that sparks an international movement to save her from torture, rape or even death. Travelling from San Francisco to Istanbul, Washington, Tel Aviv and Beirut, director Sophie DERASPE chronicles BAGARIA's quest to track down the key players who will ultimately reveal the identity of her erstwhile lover. DERASPE's stunning cinematography mixes feminine sensuality and revolutionary fervor, immersing viewers in the Middle East as they join her on the trail of an elusive quarry. Examining desire and the notion of true connection, The film explores the gap between self and other, fantasy and authenticity.

    Director

    Sophie DERASPE

    DERASPE fell into cinema through visual arts and literature. As both a director and a cinematographer, she has worked mostly in documentary before directing her realism-bending first feature length film Missing Victor Pellerin . Followed by critical acclaim and projections throughout the world, her realistic work has continued with her second feature film Vital Signs in 2009, which has won 15 prizes in more then 30 festivals around the world before being sold to many territories. It was also screened at 2010 WMWFF. She is currently finishing her third feature film The Wolves.

    Sophie DERASPE
    • 2015《消失的阿密娜》The Amina Profile
    • 2011 La part du déterminisme
    • 2009《生命出口》Vital Signs
    • 2006《失蹤的畫家》Missing Victor Pellerin

    Director/ Sophie DERASPE
    Producer/ Isabelle COUTURE, Nathalie CLOUTIER
    Editor/ Geoffrey BOULANGÉ, Sophie DERASPE
    Sound/ Frédéric CLOUTIER

    National Film Board of Canada
    Éric SÉGUIN
    E.Seguin@nfb.ca

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