Felix and Meira (2015)

Felix and Meira (French: Félix et Meira) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Maxime Giroux. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival and at the Torino Film Festival. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

The film won the award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the Toronto festival. At the 2014 Haifa International Film Festival, Felix and Meira won the Tobias Szpancer Award for Best Film (Between Judaism and Israelism Competition). At the 2014 Whistler Film Festival, it swept all four Borsos Awards (conferred by a jury for Canadian feature films in competition). The film was included in the list of "Canada's Top Ten" feature films of 2014, selected by a panel of filmmakers and industry professionals organized by TIFF.

Synopsis

Malka est une jeune femme, déjà mère d'un enfant, qui se morfond en compagnie de son mari, un juif hassidique qui suit strictement les règles religieuses de sa communauté et lui interdit d'écouter la musique qui lui plaît. Elle rencontre alors un excentrique qui habite dans la même rue qu'elle et lui fait découvrir un monde bien loin de son quotidien.

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