With Love (2018 film) explained

With Love
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Director:Marc Bisaillon
Producer:Christine Falco
Starring:Pierre-Luc Lafontaine
Paul Doucet
Fanny Mallette
Cinematography:Vincent Biron
Editing:Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Studio:Films Camera Oscura
Distributor:Filmoption
Runtime:95 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

With Love (French: L'Amour) is a Canadian thriller film, directed by Marc Bisaillon and released in 2018.[1] Based on the 2006 murder spree of Stephen Marshall, the film stars Pierre-Luc Lafontaine as Alex, a young man who travels to Maine under the pretext of visiting his father (Paul Doucet), but is instead planning to use the state's sex offender registry to track down and murder sex offenders; meanwhile, his mother Rose (Fanny Mallette), having awareness of his intentions, travels to Maine to try to stop him.[2]

The film premiered at the Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue in October 2018.[3]

The film received three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for Best Supporting Actor (Doucet), Best Original Screenplay (Bisaillon) and Best Overall Sound (Stéphane Barsalou and Bernard Gariépy Strobl).

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/540076/marc-bisaillon-au-dela-du-fait-divers "Marc Bisaillon, au-delà du fait divers"
  2. http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/amour-marc-bisaillon/ "Amour, L’ – Film de Marc Bisaillon"
  3. https://linitiative.ca/lamour-de-marc-bisaillon-en-premire-mondiale-louverture-du-fciat/ "L’amour de Marc Bisaillon en première mondiale à l’ouverture du FCIAT"