Anna's Garden
| Anna's Garden | |
|---|---|
| French | Le Jardin d'Anna |
| Directed by | Alain Chartrand |
| Written by | Alain Chartrand Diane Cailhier |
| Based on | Mona et Je t'aime la vie by Ginette Bureau |
| Produced by | Robert Ménard |
| Starring | Danielle Proulx Roger Léger Jessica Barker |
| Cinematography | Michel Caron |
| Edited by | Yves Chaput |
| Music by | François Dompierre |
Production company | Les Productions Videofilms |
| Distributed by | T.V-films Associés |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Anna's Garden (French: Le Jardin d'Anna) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Alain Chartrand and released in 1992.[1] The film centres on a family whose 11-year-old daughter Anna (Jessica Barker) is battling childhood leukemia.[2]
The cast also includes Danielle Proulx and Roger Léger as Anna's parents Louise and Paul and Alexandrine Latendresse as the younger Anna in flashbacks, as well as Vincent Bolduc, Marie-Claude Lefebvre, Carmen Ferlan, Jacques Girard, Steve Gendron, Christine Anthony, André Dostal and Robert Patenaude in supporting roles.[1]
The film premiered at the 1992 Montreal World Film Festival.[3] It was subsequently screened at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix du Public.[4]
It was distributed principally as a television film, airing as an episode of the arts anthology series Les Beaux Dimanches in January 1993.[1]
The film received nine Gémeaux Award nominations in 1993,[5] with Pierre Saindon winning the award for Best Makeup and Hair.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jardin d’Anna, Le – Film d’Alain Chartrand". Films du Québec, January 24, 2009.
- ^ "Les métastases de l'angoisse". Le Devoir, January 27, 1993.
- ^ "Today's screenings at the Montreal World Film Festival". Montreal Gazette, September 3, 1992.
- ^ Diane Cailhier, "Alain Chartrand". The Canadian Encyclopedia, September 23, 2008.
- ^ Brendan Kelly, "Gemeaux to try to fall". Variety, August 18, 1993.
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