Lines of Escape

Lines of Escape
Lines of Escape
French	Lignes de fuite
Directed by	Miryam Bouchard; Catherine Chabot
Written by	Catherine Chabot; Émile Gaudreault
Based on	Lignes de fuite by Catherine Chabot
Produced by	Denise Robert; Émile Gaudreault
Starring	Catherine Chabot; Léane Labrèche-Dor; Mariana Mazza
Cinematography	Stéphanie Anne Weber Biron
Edited by	Arthur Tarnowski
Production; company	Cinémaginaire
Distributed by	Les Films Séville; les Films du lac
Release date	July 6, 2022;
Running time	95 min
Country	Canada
Language	French

Lines of Escape (French: Lignes de fuite) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Miryam Bouchard and Catherine Chabot and released in 2022.^[1] Adapted from Chabot's stage play, the film centres on Audrey (Chabot), Valérie (Léane Labrèche-Dor) and Sabina (Mariana Mazza), three high school friends who are having a reunion party at age 30, only to find their bond tested by the ways in which they have grown apart, becoming radically different from each other in their lives and values, in adulthood.^[2]

The cast also includes Maxime de Cotret as Audrey's boyfriend Jonathan, Mickaël Gouin as Valérie's boyfriend Paul-Émile and Victoria Diamond as Sabina's girlfriend Amber,^[3] as well as Antoine Vézina, Marc Auger-Gosselin, Thierry Bellevue, Stéphanie Bélanger, David Cloutier, David Corriveau, Robert Di Loreto, Isabel Dos Santos, Hugo Giroux and Nora Guerch in supporting roles.

The film opened in theatres on July 6, 2022.^[4] It was the last film ever theatrically distributed by Les Films Séville before its shutdown.^[5]

Jean-François (Jafaz) Ferland, Marie-Claude Lafontaine and Charles Lamoureux received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.

References

^ Maxime Demers, "Lignes de fuite: une adaptation bien réussie". Le Journal de Montréal, July 5, 2022.
^ Geneviève Bouchard, "Le film de la semaine : Lignes de fuite". Le Soleil, July 7, 2022.
^ Manon Dumais, "«Lignes de fuite», une soirée presque parfaite". Le Devoir, July 7, 2022.
^ Émilie Côté, "L’amitié, mais pas à tout prix". La Presse, July 6, 2022.
^ André Duchesne and Marc-André Lussier, "Les Films Séville cessent la distribution en salle". La Presse, June 28, 2022.

External links

Lines of Escape at IMDb

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[1] Maxime Demers, "Lignes de fuite: une adaptation bien réussie". Le Journal de Montréal, July 5, 2022.

[2] Geneviève Bouchard, "Le film de la semaine : Lignes de fuite". Le Soleil, July 7, 2022.

[3] Manon Dumais, "«Lignes de fuite», une soirée presque parfaite". Le Devoir, July 7, 2022.

[4] Émilie Côté, "L’amitié, mais pas à tout prix". La Presse, July 6, 2022.

[5] André Duchesne and Marc-André Lussier, "Les Films Séville cessent la distribution en salle". La Presse, June 28, 2022.

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