GABRIELLE (2013)

Autonomy, care and functional diversity

Canada. Direction: Louise Archambault. Production: Luc Déry, Kim McCraw / micro_scope. Screenplay: Louise Archambault. Photography: Mathieu Laverdière. Music: François Lafontaine. Edition: Richard Comeau. Cast: Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, Alexandre Landry, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Vincent-Guillaume Otis, Benoit Gouin. Running time: 104 min

LANGUAGE: French, English / SUBTITLES: Basque

Gabrielle is a young girl with an infectious love of life and an exceptional talent for music who suffers from Williams Syndrome. She attends a centre where she is a member of the choir in which she sings alongside the boy she loves, Martin. But their environment won't let them live out their relationship as they would like to. When the group is preparing to perform in an important music festival with the famous local singer Robert Charlebois, Gabrielle does everything she can to demonstrate her autonomy and gain some independence. To succeed, she will have to overcome prejudice and her own limitations to live with Martin a love story that is anything but ordinary.