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    Vital Signs

    Sophie DERASPE 2009 Canada Fiction color 88min French Digi Beta
    Vital Signs follows Simone who suddenly finds herself back in Quebec City following her grandmother’s death. She has no idea that her student identity is about to be scuttered…by the discovery of life itself. A switch is mysteriously flicked, and she decides to embark on a journey to help those about to die. Perhaps to fill the emptiness that follows her wherever she goes, from her apartment to the old snowy streets and even with her lover. The director walks away from the temptation to fill the awkward moment, while slipping radiantly sly humour into the plot.

    Director

    Sophie DERASPE

    Sophie 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 (2006). Followed by critical acclaim and projections throughout the world, Sophie's realistic work has continued with her second feature film Vital Signs in 2009.

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    Sophie DERASPE

    2006 Missing Victor Pellerin

    2009 生命出口 Vital Signs

    Director: Sophie DERASPE

    Producer: Nicolas FONSECA

    Screenplay: Sophie DERASPE

    Cinematography: Sophie DERASPE

    Editing: S. Madeleine LEBLANC

    Music: Jean-Francois LAPORTE, Krista MUIR

    Sound: Frederic CLOUTIER

    Cast: Helene BELLAVANCE, Francis DUCHARME, Marie BRASSARD

    Language: French

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