Félix et Meira
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| Directed by | Maxime Giroux |
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Sylvain Corbeil Nancy Grant |
| Written by | Maxime Giroux Alexandre Laferrière |
| Starring | Martin Dubreuil Luzer Twersky Hadas Yaron |
| Music by | Olivier Alary |
| Cinematography | Sara Mishara |
| Edited by | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
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Metafilms
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| Distributed by | Funfilm |
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105 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Yiddish English French |
Felix and Meira (French: Félix et Meira) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Maxime Giroux and starring Martin Dubreuil, Hadas Yaron and Luzer Twersky. It is about an improbable affair between two Montreal residents, one a married woman from a devoutly Jewish family and community, and the other a single French Canadian man with his own family issues.
The film premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Award for Best Canadian Film. It received numerous other film festival awards and was nominated for five Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture.
In Mile End, Montreal, a Hassidic Jewish woman named Meira lives a miserable life, married to Shulem who does not allow her to listen to secular music. They have a young daughter named Elishiva, but Meira confides in her friend that she does not want any more children, despite their religious duty. Word reaches Shulem, who berates Meira for shaming the small family. By chance, Meira meets Félix, a French Canadian man who has just lost his father Théodore, who at the end of his life no longer knew Félix was his son. Meira is mystified by the fact that Félix has no children, as he is single, a novel concept for her as she comes from a culture where women have as many as 14 children. She avoids eye contact with him, and becomes enraged when, while they are playing Ping-Pong, Félix's sister Caroline unexpectedly arrives and sees her.
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