Sonatine (1984)
February 24, 1984Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Pascale Bussières
Chantal
Marcia Pilote
Louisette
Pierre Fauteux
Fernand
Kliment Denchev
Bulgarian seaman
Micheline Lanctôt
Director
Pierre Gendron
Producer
François Lanctôt
Composer
Guy Dufaux
Cinematographer
Louise Surprenant
Editor
Jean Mathieu
Paul Savoie
Christian Platov
Boris Platov
Jani Pascal
Jean-Jacques Bussières
Ghislaine Bussières
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Sonatine is a 1984 Canadian drama film written and directed by Micheline Lanctôt. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 57th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.The film centres on two young girls, Chantal (Pascale Bussières) and Louisette (Marcia Pilote), who become disillusioned with the world of adults and plan a suicide pact. Lanctôt structured the film as a triptych, with one segment devoted to each of the two girls as an individual, going through the experiences that cause them to lose faith in humanity, before they plan the suicide pact in the third segment. Lanctôt admitted that she had written the screenplay at a time when she was very depressed.The film premiered in February 1984 before opening commercially in March.