MADEMOISELLE KENOPSIA

A film by Denis Côté

Drama – Québec – 2023
Color | French | English subtitles available | 1.85 | 5.1

SYNOPSIS

Set on carrying out her task with dedication, a woman is obsessed with watching over anonymous interiors and occupying them. Both a custodian of the premises and a ghostly presence, she becomes an echo of how we relate to time, solitude and the melancholy of forsaken spaces.

Cast

Larissa Corriveau, Evelyne de la Cheneliere, Olivier Aubin, Hinde Rabbaj

Crew

DIRECTOR & WRITER : Denis Côté
PRODUCER : Guillaume Vasseur (Voyelles films productions)
CINEMATOGRAPHY : Vincent Biron
SOUND DESIGN : Terence Chotard
EDITING : Terence Chotard

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL

*World Premiere

2023

Director's biography

Denis Côté (1973 – New Brunswick, Canada) founded nihilproductions in the 1990’s and shot about 15 short films. He was a journalist and film critic before directing his first feature film Les états nordiques in 2005, beginning a sustained collaboration with producer Stéphanie Morissette that continued with Nos vies privées in 2007; then Curling, his fifth feature film, which won top honors at the Locarno Film Festival and was shown in over 70 festivals. His films have been shown in dozens of cinematic events. His first feature film under the umbrella of La maison de prod, Vic+Flo ont vu un ours, won the Silver Bear/Alfred Bauer Prize for Innovation at the 2013 Berlinale in Germany.