Emporte-moi (1999)

Director:

Léa Pool

Writers:

Nancy Huston (screenplay)
Léa Pool (writer)

Release Date:

28 July 1999 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Canadian/Swiss/French production that tells the tale of Hannah, a tomboyish 13 year-old hitting puberty in 1963. An unhappy and uncomfortable family life leads Hannah to seek escapism in the world of cinema. Specifically, she repeatedly watches and appears enthralled by Anna Karina, the character from Jean-Luc Godard's "Vivre sa vie" (1962) about a Parisian woman's descent into prostitution. Her confusion surrounding what is real leads to a crush on her female teacher and her actively pursuing what it's like to be a prostitute for an evening.

Plot Keywords:

Puberty | Prostitution | 13 Year Old | 1963 | Teacher

Awards:

15 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Karine Vanasse	...	Hanna
Pascale Bussières	...	Mère de Hanna
Miki Manojlovic	...	Père de Hanna
Alexandre Mérineau	...	Paul, frère de Hanna
Charlotte Christeler	...	Laura
Nancy Huston	...	Professeur
Monique Mercure	...	Grand-Mère de Hanna
Jacques Galipeau	...	Grand-père de Hanna
Carl Hennebert-Faulkner	...	Martin
Neil Kroetsch	...	Prêteur sur gage
Michel Albert	...	Gardien de sécurité
Gary Boudreault	...	Boulanger
Marie-Hélène Gagnon	...	Propriétaire
Suzanne Garceau	...	Infirmière
Normand Canac-Marquis	...	Client de Hanna

Also Known As:

Emporte-moi (France)
Set Me Free (USA)

Runtime:

Canada:95 min | Netherlands:94 min

Country:

Switzerland | Canada | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

France:U | Germany:12 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

Catpics Coproductions

Movie Connections:

Features Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux (1962)

A typical French "portrait" of a family.

As most French movies, according to me, also in this movie there is no clear story line, nothing that is more important, nothing that the movie "is about". I'd almost say, no beginning, no end, no moral. A typical French movie: A portrait. A portrait of a family in this case, with a 13 year old girl as main character (although she looks 16 most of the time). What is nice about a movie like this is that you become more a part of it, it is much more like real life and therefore a lot more interesting in some way. Nevertheless, when things are TOO normal you get bored. And this movie has only two or three really interesting aspects: The relationships within the family (sister, brother, father, mother) and the first romance of Hanna. Can't remember the third actually. The reason I gave this movie a 7 and not a 6 is because I really enjoyed those two aspects and because the acting of Karine Vanasse is very professional, impressive.