Laurentia (film)

{{Short description|2011 Canadian drama film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Laurentia

| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Laurentie}}

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Mathieu Denis
Simon Lavoie

| producer = Nancy Grant
Sylvain Corbeil
Pascal Bascaron

| writer = Mathieu Denis
Simon Lavoie

| starring = Emmanuel Schwartz
Jade Hassouné

| cinematography = Nicolas Canniccioni

| editing = Mathieu Denis

| studio = Metafilms

| distributor = Funfilm Distribution

| released = {{film date|2011|07|03|KVIFF}}

| runtime = 118 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Laurentia ({{langx|fr|Laurentie}}) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie and released in 2011.Léa Clermont-Dion, [https://voir.ca/lea-clermont-dion/2012/11/27/laurentie-lindicible-malaise/ "LAURENTIE: L’INDICIBLE MALAISE"]. Voir, November 27, 2012. A meditation on Québécois identity which draws its title from the philosophical concept of Laurentie that was an early precursor to the contemporary Quebec sovereignty movement,Jean-François Hamel, "Solitude amère". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 29 No. 4 (Fall 2011), p. 57. the film stars Emmanuel Schwartz as Louis Desprès, an audiovisual technician in Montreal who sinks into a malaise of depression and identity crisis as he becomes increasingly distrustful and suspicious of his new anglophone immigrant neighbour Jay Kashyap (Jade Hassouné).T'Cha Dunlevy, "Poetry in slow motion; A number of new Quebec films have drawn notice for their heart of darkness and understated aesthetics". Montreal Gazette, November 12, 2011.

The film's cast also includes Eugénie Beaudry, Guillaume Cyr, Martin Boily and Simon Gfeller.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/laurentie-mathieu-denis-simon-lavoie/ "Laurentie – Film de Mathieu Denis et Simon Lavoie"]. Films du Québec, October 12, 2011.

The film was screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Market as part of Telefilm Canada's annual Perspectives Canada program,"Telefilm Canada set to launch Not Short on Talent, a new initiative, at Cannes Film Market". Canada NewsWire, May 3, 2011. and had its public premiere at the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival."Le film quebecois «Laurentie» est selectionne au Festival de Karlovy Vary: Le film «Laurentie» au Festival de Karlovy Vary". Canadian Press, June 17, 2011. It had its Canadian premiere at the 2011 Festival du nouveau cinéma.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/fnc-2011-la-selection-quebecoise/ "FNC 2011: la sélection québécoise"]. Films du Québec, September 29, 2011.

The film faced some controversy for a scene which featured the lead character masturbating.