Mouvements du désir

Canada, France, Switzerland

1994

92 Min

Color

French, English

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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PROD Denise Robert, Alfi Sinniger, Peter Baumann

CAST Valérie Kaprisky, Jean-François Pichette, Jolianne L'Allier-Matteau, William Jacques, Mathew Mackay, Elise Guilbault, Mimi D'Estée, Lucien Deslongchamps, Marc Gélinas, Gregory Hlady, Nadia Paradis, Yvon Roy, Michael Rudder, Rashell Casimir, Noémie Yelle, Sophie Dansereau, Gaston-Eugène Gagnon, Jacques Girard, Sylvie Legault

After a breakup with her lover, Catherine decides to leave Montreal. With her young daughter, she takes the train to Vancouver. The long journey gives her time to think things over… and to form a relationship on the rebound. Vincent is also going to Vancouver, planning to meet his girlfriend there, but he and Catherine find themselves increasingly attracted to each other. (And meanwhile, someone on board is stealing things and leaving them with other people’s things.) (also known as Desire in Motion or Movements of Desire). —IMDb

Director

Léa Pool

Léa Pool (born 8 September, 1950 in Switzerland) is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who has also taught film at UQAM. She is openly lesbian. Her 1986 film Anne Trister was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival. Her 1999 film Emporte-moi was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Special Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

Her film À corps perdu (1988) was selected for official competition in the Venice Film Festival and her film Mouvements du désir (1994) was screened at the Sundance Film Festival.She has been nominated 3 times for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction for her films La Femme de l’hôtel (1984), Mouvements du désir (1994), and Emporte-moi (1999). In 2006 she was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. —Wikipedia