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Romaine 30° Below

2009 · 85 min

A light, wry French-Canadian comedy about a woman awkwardly reinventing herself, easy to watch with mild laughs and a gentle emotional tug.

Directed by: Agnès Obadia
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Pascal Elbé, Elina Löwensohn

Overview: Romaine, a tall thirty-year-old woman, has not found herself yet. She has been living for several years with her boyfriend Justin. When, overnight, the latter drags her after him to Canada in order to start a new life, she blows smoke. Not only does she hate surprises but she is scared to death of taking the plane. Once in Montréal Airport, she dumps Justin after confessing to him things he would rather not have heard. Her Far North adventures can start...

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Directed by: Agnès Obadia
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Pascal Elbé, Elina Löwensohn

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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
love
freedom
Places: big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: Agnès Obadia
Written by: Louis Bélanger, Agnès Obadia, Lydia Decobert, Laurent Bénégui
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Pascal Elbé, Elina Löwensohn, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Louis Morissette, Maxim Roy, Gilles Pelletier, Marika Lhoumeau
Music: Moriarty
Cinematography: Steve Asselin
Runtime: 85 min
Country: Canada, France
Languages: French

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