Sonatine backdrop
Sonatine poster
Trailer
Sonatine
6.9
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1h 31m
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1984
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Released
Overview
This poignant human drama is phrased as a "small sonata" in three movements -- a novel approach by director and writer Micheline Lactôt to tell the story of two teenage girls. In the first movement, Chantal (Pascale Bussieres) rides the same bus every day and slowly develops an infatuation with the bus driver. Their interactions are expressed through gestures and glances and facial expressions, but not words. Just as Chantal is getting old enough, and maybe courageous enough to actually say something to the driver, fate steps in and she loses her chance. In the second movement, Louisette (Marcia Pilote) hides out on a fishing boat and is discovered by a Bulgarian fisherman who treats her with kindness and consideration and they spend a special evening together -- without being able to speak a word in the other's language. In the third movement, Chantal and Louisette become friends, and as kindred spirits they share a sense of loss and hopelessness.

Cast
Pascale Bussières poster
Pascale Bussières
Chantal
Marcia Pilote poster
Marcia Pilote
Louisette
Pierre Fauteux poster
Pierre Fauteux
Fernand
Kliment Denchev poster
Kliment Denchev
Bulgarischer Matrose
Ève Gagnier poster
Ève Gagnier
Marc Gélinas poster
Marc Gélinas
Pauline Lapointe poster
Pauline Lapointe
Jean Mathieu poster
Jean Mathieu
Paul Savoie poster
Paul Savoie
Christian Platov poster
Christian Platov
Boris Platov poster
Boris Platov
Jani Pascal poster
Jani Pascal
Jean-Jacques Bussières poster
Jean-Jacques Bussières
Ghislaine Bussières poster
Ghislaine Bussières
Pierre Giard poster
Pierre Giard
Thérèse Morange poster
Thérèse Morange
Laurent Imbault poster
Laurent Imbault
Yves Jacques poster
Yves Jacques
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Frank Fontaine poster
Frank Fontaine
Jean Lafontaine poster
Jean Lafontaine

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