In his latest offering, Vic + Flo Saw a Bear, prolific director Denis Côté (Bestiaire) introduces us to Victoria (Pierrette Robitaille). In her mid-sixties and recently released from prison, Vic resettles deep in the Quebec woods, residing in a sugar shack with her former cellmate and lover, Flo (Romane Bohringer). With the help of her sympathetic parole officer, played by Marc-André Grondin (Goon, C.R.A.Z.Y.), she sets about on a long journey back to normalcy.
Freedom comes with a price, and both women must face the ghosts of their past in order to move forward. A grown up love story, Vic + Flo Saw a Bear won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear award at the 2013 Berlinale. Leading ladies Robitaille and Bohringer weave a tale of love, connection, reintegration, and separation with the four walls of a Quebec sugar shack.
Countries
Canada- Awards
- Silver Bear Alfred Bauer Award - Berlinale 2013
- Festivals
- Berlinale 2013, Toronto International Film Festival 2013
- Director
- Denis Cote
- Producer
- Stephanie Morissette, Sylvain Corbeil
- Screenwriter
- Denis Cote
- Cinematographer
- Ian Lagarde
- Editor
- Nicolas Roy
- Production Design
- Colombe Raby
- Music
- Melissa Lavergne
- Cast
- Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer, Marc-Andre Grondin