Will you be home tonight?

Will you be home tonight?

Directed by Geneviève Albert

Genre Fiction
Country Quebec
Year 2008
Length 26 min
Formats DVD, HDCAM SR
Sound Stereo
Version Original French version, English subtitles

Synopsis

Suzanne (50) lives with her daughter Raphaëlle (20). Alone for a long time, she is worried she will never meet anyone. Furthermore, her aging body doesn't help her to feel worthy of interest... One day, Raphaëlle discovers that her mother is considering breast enhancement surgery. While Raphaëlle worries about her mother, Suzanne is preoccupied with the love life of her daughter.

Themes

self esteem, men-women relationships, mother-daughter relationships, sexual relationships

Biography

Holder of a Bachelor of Film Production degree from the University of Quebec in Montréal, Geneviève Albert made her cinematic directing debut with a documentary film on Paul Hébert, an important figure in Quebec theatre. With Will you be home tonight?, she presents her first work of fiction.


Cast

Marie-Claude Langloise, Kathleen Aubert

Team

Production

Metafilms

Script

Geneviève Albert

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nicolas Caniccioni

EDITING Mathieu L. Denis
Sound Stéphane Poulin, Patrice Leblanc, Serge Boivin
Music Sylvain Carufel

Festivals

St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival
Gimli Film Festival
Rochester High Falls International Film Festival
International Women’s Film Festival in Seoul
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
Filmmor Women's Film Festival
Reel Venus film festival