Marie-Sissi Labrèche Explained

Marie-Sissi Labrèche
Birth Date:	1969
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec
Nationality:	Canadian
Occupation:	novelist, short story writer, screenwriter
Years Active:	2000s-present
Notable Works:	Borderline

Marie-Sissi Labrèche (born 1969 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian writer, most noted as the cowriter of the 2008 film Borderline.^[1] The film's screenplay was based on two of Labrèche's published novels, Borderline and La Brèche.^[2] At the 29th Genie Awards in 2009, Labrèche and her cowriter Lyne Charlebois were cowinners of the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.^[3]

Her novel Borderline was subsequently selected for the 2009 edition of Le Combat des livres.

Works

• Borderline (2008)
• La Brèche (2002)
• Montréal, la marge au cœur (2004)
• La Lune dans un HLM (2006)
• Psy malgré moi (2009)
• Amour et autres violences (2012)
• La Vie sur Mars (2014)

Notes and References

1. "Borderline director aims for provocative, not perverse; Charlebois's debut is dark portrait of troubled soul". Montreal Gazette, February 4, 2008.
2. "Ladies behind the lenses; It's a banner year for female directors at festival that has already launched many careers". Toronto Star, September 5, 2008.
3. "Night belongs to Passchendaele". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2009.