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Exclusive: Joint Venture, the recently launched distribution company of industry veterans Vinay Singh, Chris Lane, Becca Leckie and Jess Jacobs, has acquired U.S. rights to Two Women, the feminist sex comedy directed by Chloé Robichaud, which won the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Writing following its world premiere at Sundance 2025.

Slated for release in theaters later this year, the film stars Karine Gonthier-Hyndman and Laurence Leboeuf as Florence and Violette, neighbors who become unlikely companions as they navigate the confines of monogamy. Others in the cast include Mani Soleymanlou and Yellowjackets‘ Sophie Nélisse.

Pic is written by Catherine Léger, based on her own play Home Deliveries, and adapted from the 1970 film Deux femmes en or by Claude Fournier. Léger and Martin Paul-Hus served as producers.

“It’s an exciting new milestone for Two Women, following a wonderful premiere at the Sundance Film Festival,” said Robichaud. “I am...

If, by and large, American cinema has taken a puritanical view on sex, leave it to our neighbors up north to craft a refreshingly frank, hilarious comedy of manners about seeking erotic pleasure when life has hit a dead end. Scripted by Catherine Léger from her own stage play Home Deliveries, itself inspired by Claude Fournier’s 1970 feature Two Women in Gold, Canadian director Chloé Robichaud’s Two Women is playful, raucous, and wholly heartfelt, a film not afraid to explore the dark corners of life when it comes to depression, infidelity, and the dullness that can set in during new motherhood. Its comedy-first approach comes with a comforting sense of tenderness and fleetness, shot on 35mm with a lively warmth by cinematographer Sara Mishara.

Living next to each other in their Quebec apartment complex, the two women, Florence (Karine Gonthier-Hyndman) and Violette (Laurence Leboeuf), have hit a sense of...

In Two Women, an adaptation of Claude Fournier’s Two Women in Gold (1970), two women, one struggling with depression and the other on a difficult maternity leave, find that misadventure and taboo make their lives a bit more invigorating. The World Cinema Dramatic Competition entry is directed by Chloé Robichaud. Matthieu Bouchard, a veteran of TV comedy, took his first turn as a feature film editor on Two Women. He reflects on achieving that dream and helping Robichaud realize her vision below. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did […]

The post “You Have to Give It the Love It Needs”: Editor Matthieu Bouchard on Two Women first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

In Two Women, an adaptation of Claude Fournier’s Two Women in Gold (1970), two women, one struggling with depression and the other on a difficult maternity leave, find that misadventure and taboo make their lives a bit more invigorating. The World Cinema Dramatic Competition entry is directed by Chloé Robichaud. Matthieu Bouchard, a veteran of TV comedy, took his first turn as a feature film editor on Two Women. He reflects on achieving that dream and helping Robichaud realize her vision below. See all responses to our annual Sundance editor interviews here. Filmmaker: How and why did […]

The post “You Have to Give It the Love It Needs”: Editor Matthieu Bouchard on Two Women first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Pulsar Content has nabbed worldwide sales on “Two Women,” a Canadian sexy comedy which is slated to world premiere at Sundance.

Directed by Chloé Robichaud, “Two Women” is written by critically acclaimed playwright Catherine Léger based on her own play, “Home Deliveries,” which is itself a modern adaptation of Claude Fournier’s 1970 comedy “Two Women In Gold.”

“Two Women” follows neighbors Violette and Florence who are haunted by a sense of failure despite having successful careers and families. “What if happiness lies in rebelling against a rigid performance-driven society by sometimes choosing short-term satisfaction over success, freedom over being good? In a world where having fun is nowhere near the top of the priority list, having an adventure with the delivery guy can become revolutionary. For Violette and Florence this is the breath of fresh air they’ve been longing for,” reads the synopsis.

The cast is lead by Karine Gonthier-Hyndman,...

Section to also include celebrations of Ingrid Bergman and Orson Welles as well as screenings of The Terminator and Jurassic Park 3D.

Costa-Gavras has been named guest of honour at this year’s Cannes Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival (May 13-24).

The Greek-French film director and producer won the Palme d’or with Missing in 1982, was member of the jury in 1976 that crowned Taxi Driver and picked up the award for best director with Section spéciale in 1975.

The filmmaker will be present for a screening of Z, which won the jury prize in 1969, and has had the original negative scanned in 4k and restored frame by frame in 2K, supervised by Costa-Gavras.

Orson Welles

Marking 100 years since the birth of Orson Welles, Cannes will screen restorations of films from the legendary Us actor, director, writer and producer, who died in 1985.

The titles include his staggering debut Citizen Kane (1941), which has received a 4k restoration completed...

New film event

Éléphant ClassiQ: Movies that have marked the history of cinema In Montréal from November 19 to 22

Montréal, March 18, 2015 — Quebecor and Éléphant: The memory of Québec cinema are pleased to announce a new event: Éléphant ClassiQ, the only festival of its kind in Canada, will screen classic films from around the world on the big screen. Its theme will be les films qui ont fait le cinéma (movies that have marked the history of cinema).

The first edition of Éléphant ClassiQ was held last year as part of the Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma. This year’s edition will be held as a separate event on November 19, 20, 21 and 22, 2015 at three theatres: the Imperial Cinema, Salle Claude-Jutra at the Cinémathèque québécoise and Salle Pierre-Bourgault at Uqam. It will give film buffs an opportunity to experience great films of the past from Québec and elsewhere.

“Repertory films are a fabulous window on the past,...

By Lee Pfeiffer

While at the pinnacle of his success as a leading man, coming off of major starring roles in M*A*S*H, Kelly's Heroes and Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland returned to his native Canada to film Alien Thunder (aka Dan Candy's Law). The story, loosely based on a true historical incident, finds Sutherland as Dan Candy, a stalwart Canadian Mountie, who patrols the wild Saskatchewan wilderness areas in the 1880s. There is a famine plaguing the area and the hardest hit are the local Indian tribes. One brave, Almighty Voice (Gordon Tootoosis) is frustrated at having to wait for meager rations from Canadian authorities while his family starves before his eyes. He slaughters a government-owned cow, an action that sets off a major legal problem. Candy and his partner are assigned to arrest Almighty Voice, who fears he will be hanged. Almighty Voice flees into the...