A Way of Life | |
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Director: | Micheline Lanctôt |
Producer: | André Gagnon |
Starring: | Laurent Lucas Gabrielle Lazure Rose-Marie Perreault |
Cinematography: | Simon-Pierre Gingras |
Editing: | Michel Arcand |
Studio: | Lycaon Pictus |
Distributor: | Maison 4:3 |
Runtime: | 118 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
A Way of Life (French: Une manière de vivre) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Micheline Lanctôt and released in 2019.[1] The film stars Laurent Lucas as Joseph, a philosophy professor who is attending an academic conference on Baruch Spinoza in Quebec, where he becomes drawn into a love triangle between Colette (Gabrielle Lazure), a recent widow, and her daughter Gabrielle (Rose-Marie Perreault), who is secretly working as a prostitute.[2]
The cast also includes Robin Aubert, Paul Doucet, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine and Jacqueline Van de Geer in supporting roles.
The film premiered October 26, 2019 at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival,[3] before going into commercial release on November 1.[2]