The Arnit Video collective follow up their award- winning 2. Before Tomorrow with this introspective drama that borrows its title from the Inuktitut word for "myself" and centering on a Montreal teen and his mother who venture to the Canadian Arctic on a quest to explore his Inuit heritage. Fourteen- year- old Tomas (Lukasi Forrest) never knew his late father. The product of a brief affair between his mother Anna (Marianne Farley) and an Inuit man, he was born and raised in Montreal. He's always been curious about his roots though, and upon arriving in the Canadian Arctic for a two week stay Tomas gradually discovers that his family history is deeply complicated. With the midnight sun making time seem to stand still, the disoriented teen and his wary mother soon learn that forging a connection with their long lost family could be an emotionally excruciating endeavor. Inuit actors draw on real life for Uvanga performances. Marie- Hélène Cousineau,co- director of Uvanga, with a poster for the poignant family drama set in Igloolik ,a close- knit Arctic hamlet. (Colin Mc. Connell / Toronto Star) | Order this photo Inuit actors work from a place of heritage that translates into uniquely naturalistic work on camera, says Quebec filmmaker Marie- Hélène Cousineau of the Arctic- set family drama, Uvanga. The organic feel of the performances weaves through Uvanga (“Myself” in English), the film she co- directed with Inuit actress and director Madeline Ivalu. It opens Friday at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.“For example, Pakak Innuksuk (The Journals of Knud Rasmussen), who plays Ike, he is a hunter and people have a sense of observing in being hunters,” Cousineau explained. Learning) from observing other people, that’s the Inuit culture. The way you learn is looking and people doing things. I think that’s why they look very natural. That’s the way they act.”Writer- director Cousineau was in Toronto recently to promote Uvanga, which is set in Igloolik, a Nunavut hamlet with a population of about 1,5. Cousineau, who calls the hamlet a second home, has been spending time in Igloolik since 1. She co- founded production facility Tarriaksuk Video Centre with filmmakers Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen) and Arnait Video Productions with Mary Kunuk and Ivalu. Uvanga centres on what happens after a white teacher, Anna (Marianne Farley), returns after a lengthy absence to the northern community where she once worked. She became pregnant while living briefly in Igloolik and has come back to help her 1. Tomas (Lukasi Forrest) understand his heritage. The challenge for us was let’s make a story that’s taking place in right now,” Cousineau said. One of the first exercises we did was to find the characters. Who are the people we see up north? We see this kind of grandmother, this kind of drug dealer, this kind of woman and this kind of boy. We created the characters first and then we found the story and then we found the real people to play those characters.”Cousineau wanted the film to be a complete portrait of the people living in Igloolik. Working in English as well as Inuktitut was challenging but she felt it was necessary to make the story feel contemporary. Ivalu, who plays family matriarch Sarah, grandmother to Tomas and mother of his late father, was more comfortable working in Inuktitut, but she had to speak English with her grandson.“To Madeline (who also appeared in Cousineau’s previous film, Before Tomorrow, which won Best Canadian First Feature at TIFF 2. English,” Cousineau explained. She described the sound of the Inuktitut language as “musical” and said it was important to Ivalu that the sense of humour common in the area came through onscreen. A card game between Sarah and an elderly woman is joyous to watch, even if the Inuktitut words can’t be understood by most audiences. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Birth.Movies.Death. American Genre Film Archive. Gift Cards; Purchase Gift Card. Check Balance. Customer Support. Uvanga | 0 min | NR. UVANGA Written by Marie-Hélène Cousineau Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu Starring Marianne Farley and Lukasi Forrest Tomas: Mom, how come we. Uvanga is a Canadian family drama directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Piujuq Ivalu. Set in Igloolik, a small Inuit village, the film tells the story of. Discuss Uvanga on our Movie forum! Go to Forum News & Features. DC Movies. Rank every DC movie! Best Superhero Movies. The 50 best superhero movies by Tomatometer. Uvanga (Q21869953) From Wikidata. Jump to: navigation, search. 2013 film by Marie-Hélène Cousineau. edit. Language Label Description Also known as; English: Uvanga. Cousineau was proud of the work the actors did in English, especially Travis Kunnuk, who makes his acting debut as Tomas’ half- brother Travis. I guess we want people to see some reality of the north, the reality of the Inuit and the characters,” she explained. I’d like the film to create some bridges between the north and the south so people can see the universality of human emotions.”. · Uvanga Screenplay. Duration: 01:43 11/11/2014. SHARE. SHARE. TWEET. SHARE. EMAIL. Trailer for Uvanga READ MORE SEE LESS Up Next. Uvanga. Uvanga (Inuktitut: I, me, mine) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2013. Written and directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, it was the second. Inuit performers do uniquely naturalistic work on camera, basing their acting on observing others, says filmmaker Marie-Hélène Cousineau of family drama Uvanga. Uvanga has an original story. The hard realities of Northern life came home to Cousineau with particular force months after the crew of Uvanga left the house in.
0 Comentarios
Deja una respuesta. |
AutorEscribe algo sobre ti mismo. No hay que ser elegante, sólo haz un resumen. Archivos
Febrero 2019
Categorías |