Spring 2009 Quebec Cinema Festival - "C'est pas moi, je le jure!" (2008) April 1, 2009

The Center for Canadian Studies presents:
2009 Québec Cinema Festival

We are pleased to offer this film in association with the Duke Film/Video/Digital Program's Spring 2009 Screen/Society film series. With special thanks to Hank Okazaki for his continued support on our behalf!

C’est pas moi, je le jure! (2008) directed by Philippe Falardeau, based on the autobiographical books by Bruno Hébert.

At the beginning of the 1968 summer, a young 10-years-old boy, named Léon Doré, almost killed himself, accidentally, by hanging. His mother saves him in extremis. The past summer, she saved him in the pool and, two years ago, from a freezer. Léon has a lot of imagination. At home, his parents are always fighting. There also are the neighbours and Léa, the irritating neighbour who is always right. When his mother quits the family to start a new life in Greece, Léon will try everything to escape his pain: steal, lie... and fall in love with Léa.

Shown at Film Festivals in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Zurich, etc.

Official Website: http://fvd.aas.duke.edu/screensociety/schedule.php