30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: Panorama

Elsewhere (2017) 15

Canada | 2017 | 98 min.

The disarming story of a young man, from the night he agrees to run away from his affluent suburban home in Quebec City to save his best friend Samu. The two fifteen-year-old runaways are soon frantically evading police and adults. When they meet a group of young orphans living in an inner-city cave, their friendship is sorely tested. The journey from adolescence to adulthood, the discovery of love, freedom and the experience of resilience will not be smooth sailing.

CountryCanada
Year2017
Duration98 min
Rating15
LanguageFrench
SubtitleEnglish, Czech
Directed by Samuel Matteau
Screenplay Guillaume Fournier
Director of Photography François Gamache
Music Mathieu Robineau
Edited by René Caron
Contact Jean-Baptiste Levêque

Biography

A Canadian screenwriter and director. His works include the short film Chargé (2010), documentary The Silent Combat (Le combat silencieux, 2012) and his feature debut, the drama Elsewhere (Ailleurs, 2017).

Teenagers, Friendship, Crime, Drama, Poverty, Urban Life