Anne Trister

Anne Trister is a 1986 Canadian drama film directed by Léa Pool.^[1]

Anne Trister
Directed by	Léa Pool
Written by	Léa Pool Marcel Beaulieu
Produced by	Claude Bonin
Starring	Albane Guilhe Louise Marleau Lucie Laurier Guy Thauvette
Cinematography	Pierre Mignot
Edited by	Michel Arcand
Music by	René Dupéré
Production companies	Les Films Vision 4 National Film Board of Canada
Distributed by	Ciné 360
Release date	3 February 1986 (1986-02-03)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

Synopsis

A Swiss Jewish artist who is grieving her father, moves to Montreal and forms a friendship with a child psychiatrist. While creating an installation in an abandoned warehouse, she confronts her past and is increasingly drawn to her friend.

Cast

• Albane Guilhe as Anne
• Louise Marleau as Alix
• Lucie Laurier as Sarah
• Guy Thauvette as Thomas
• Hugues Quester as Pierre
• Nüvit Özdogru as Simon
• Kim Yaroshevskaya as La mère
• Carl Boileau
• Elizabeth Briand
• Pierre Plante
• Sarah-Jeanne Salvy
• Michael Schneider
• Gilbert Sicotte
• Rosalie Thauvette
• Rena B. Wasserman

Release

The film premiered on February 3, 1986, in Quebec,^[2] and was screened in competition at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Critical response

Ron Base of the Toronto Star wrote that the film " is as pristine and as empty as a modern art gallery at midnight. It is a film about emotion, empty of emotion. An art movie without art. Humorless. And vague. Introverted beyond hope, lost somewhere deep in its own pretensions." He concluded that "when Anne Trister is not putting you to sleep, there are moments of beauty and emotion. Much of the time, though, it is back to a studied, almost smug self-consciousness in a world overlapping and intertwined, delicately exploring the many imponderable forms of love. The exploration is not successful."^[4]

Noel Taylor of the Ottawa Citizen wrote that "there's no denying Anne Trister is technically an accomplished work, but its skill is more clinical than visceral. It excites admiration for Pool, the film-maker, without arousing much interest in Pool, the person. I would have liked to discover more."^[5]

For the Montreal Gazette, Bruce Bailey wrote that "while Pool's talent for spareness and subtlety is carried over from that film to Anne Trister, this latest effort suffers to at least some extent from slow pacing and an arty pretentiousness that is at times almost laughable."^[2]

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref.
Genie Awards	1987	Best Supporting Actress	Lucie Laurier	Nominated	[6]
		Best Cinematography	Pierre Mignot	Won	[7]
		Best Original Song	Danielle Messia, "De la main gauche" The song was named the original winner of the award, but it was subsequently rescinded after the Academy discovered that it had not been written for the film.	Disqualified	[8]
Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival	1992	Best Feature Film		Won

See also

• List of LGBT-related films directed by women