Walk Away Renée

United States, France, Belgium

2011

90 Min

Color

English

Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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PROD Gérard Lacroix, Pierre Paul Puliz, Christophe Audeguis, Jonathan Caouette

DP Noah Roubah, Andres Peyrout, Jason Banker, Jorge Torres

CAST Jonathan Caouette, Renée Leblanc, Joshua Caouette

MUSIC Simon Raymonde

Cannes (Semaine de la critique), Göteborg (Dokumentärt), !F Istanbul (Trip), Outfest (Documentary Features)

Synopsis

Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette embarks on a road trip to move his mentally ill mother Renée across the country. As they encounter roadblocks in the present, we begin to flash back to moments from the past, giving us insight into this anything-but-ordinary mother/son relationship. Through musical montage, psychedelic sequences and real and imagined circumstance, Walk Away Renée raises questions about love, sacrifice, and the reality in which we live. –Semaine de la critique

Director

Jonathan Caouette

Jonathan Caouette is the director of the highly praised film Tarnation (2004), produced by Gus Van Sant and John Cameron Mitchell. Tarnation screened at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, the Cannes International Film Festival, and a number of other prestigious film festivals and won several awards, including the best documentary award at the Los Angeles IFP/West Film Festival, the Sutherland Trophy from the British Film Institute, and an award from the National Society of Film Critics. It was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Caouette is also an actor who has appeared in films and on the stage. –Sundance