Claire de Lune
With “CLAIRE DE LUNE”, Valérie Lecomte takes the audience alongside Claire, a hard-working real estate agent and loving mother of two, on a journey into her past.
The film is the second short film written and directed by actress Valérie Lecomte ("The Handmaid's tale", "Forgive me Father"), who also stars as Claire. The cast also includes Gemini Award winner and Governor General's Performing Arts Award recipient Diana Leblanc ("More Tales of the City", "Kim's Convenience") as Evelyne, Peter Mazzucco ("Young Badlands", "Standardized") as Mark, Charlotte Tapin ("Mischief", TFO'S "Laura Secord") as Amy and introduces Evan Assailly-Lecomte as Alex.
“CLAIRE DE LUNE” tells the story of Claire and her family. After a meeting at school, Claire's son Alex seems disturbed. In seeking to know more about the mysterious speaker, Claire will discover family secrets buried long ago.
Valérie Lecomte wrote, directed and co-produced “CLAIRE DE LUNE”, with co-producer Antoine Tapin.
“CLAIRE DE LUNE” is an IRIDIS production.
Avec ''Claire de Lune'', Valérie Lecomte nous transporte dans la vie de Claire, agente immobilière, maman attentive de deux enfants dont la vie va basculer à la suite de la visite inattendue d'une femme, dans l'école de son fils.
Des secrets de famille font surface.
Il s'agit du second court-métrage écrit, réalisé et interprété par Valérie Lecomte ("The Handmaid's tale", ''Pardonnez-moi mon Père''). Diana Leblanc, actrice ("More Tales of the City", "Kim's Convenience") et réalisatrice, récipiendaire du Prix Gemini et Lauréate 2015 du Prix du Gouverneur Général pour les Arts, y interprète le rôle d'Evelyne. C'est un véritable honneur pour toute l'équipe que d'avoir eu une telle grande dame sur le plateau. Peter Mazzucco ("Young Badlands", "Standardized"), interprète Mark, Charlotte Tapin ("Mischief", TFO'S "Laura Secord"), interprète Amy et Evan Assailly-Lecomte, Alex.
Claire de Lune, co-produit par Valérie Lecomte et Antoine Tapin est une production Iridis.
Performances in this film are genuine and believable. Ms. Lecomte is charming and lovely as the mother who wants to get to the bottom of this mystery. Peter Mazzucco is a compassionate and tender Mark who wants what’s best for Claire. Evan Assailly-Lecomte and Charlotte Tapin are believable in their chemistry as brother and sister.
It is in the final moments of the film where I was captivated by the charismatic performance of Diana Leblanc, Gemini award-winning and Governor General Performing Arts Award artist, as Claire’s frosty mother, Evelyn. With her dark sunglasses and puffy eyes, Ms. Leblanc is in masterful control of these viscerally raw and emotional few minutes. There is profound tension when Claire asks her mother point-blank questions and Evelyn does not immediately respond, but instead just stares out over the water before slowly answering the questions.
What a terrific acting lesson to watch between these two ladies. Ms. Leblanc never upstages Ms. Lecomte as she slowly begins to put pieces together about the past. The final moment and exchange between these two ladies on a bench overlooking the water is pure artistic and film mastery at hand.
From OnScreen Review ''Claire de Lune'', by Joe Szekeres
It is in the final moments of the film where I was captivated by the charismatic performance of Diana Leblanc, Gemini award-winning and Governor General Performing Arts Award artist, as Claire’s frosty mother, Evelyn. With her dark sunglasses and puffy eyes, Ms. Leblanc is in masterful control of these viscerally raw and emotional few minutes. There is profound tension when Claire asks her mother point-blank questions and Evelyn does not immediately respond, but instead just stares out over the water before slowly answering the questions.
What a terrific acting lesson to watch between these two ladies. Ms. Leblanc never upstages Ms. Lecomte as she slowly begins to put pieces together about the past. The final moment and exchange between these two ladies on a bench overlooking the water is pure artistic and film mastery at hand.
From OnScreen Review ''Claire de Lune'', by Joe Szekeres
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Diana Leblanc
as Evelyne Perreault
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De Conti Family: Valérie Lecomte, Peter Mazzucco, Evan Assailly-Lecomte and Charlotte Tapin.
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Peter Mazzucco and Valérie Lecomte
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Our guest star
Diana Leblanc as Evelyne Perreault. It is such an honour to have had Diana Leblanc on set, playing Evelyne Perreault, Claire's mum. See more about Diana Leblanc on IMDB. And on Wikipedia. |
The De Conti family
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The other characters
Antoine Tapin as Monsieur Pierre
See more about Antoine Paula Allen Bobb as Secretary See more about Paula Hannah Thompson as Sam Hannah made her debut in Claire de Lune Zoélie Tapin as Little girl speaking French See more about Zoélie Abby Gonzalez Perez as Little girl speaking English Abby made her debut in Claire de Lune. Jacqueline Parkman as The client Jacqueline made her debut in Claire de Lune. |
