Romaine 30° Below

Romaine 30° Below

2009 · 85 min · FR · 5.1 (23 votes)
Dir. Agnès Obadia · Starring Sandrine Kiberlain, Pascal Elbé, Elina Löwensohn, Pierre-Luc Brillant, Louis Morissette, Maxim Roy · Music Moriarty
Comedy

Romaine, a tall thirty-year-old woman, has not found herself yet. She has been living for several years with her boyfriend Justin. When, overnight, the latter drags her after him to Canada in order to start a new life, she blows smoke. Not only does she hate surprises but she is scared to death of taking the plane. Once in Montréal Airport, she dumps Justin after confessing to him things he would rather not have heard. Her Far North adventures can start...

VIBE

A dry, observational comedy about a woman adrift. It captures the cringe of unexpected life changes and the quiet awkwardness of figuring things out on your own terms. Feels like a long, strange exhale.

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