Vic and Flo Saw a Bear

Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (French: Vic+Flo ont vu un ours) is a 2013 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Côté. The film premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival,^[1] where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.^[2]

Vic and Flo Saw a Bear
Film poster
French	Vic+Flo ont vu un ours
Directed by	Denis Côté
Written by	Denis Côté
Produced by	Sylvain Corbeil Stéphanie Morissette
Starring	Marc-André Grondin Romane Bohringer Pierrette Robitaille
Cinematography	Ian Lagarde
Release date	10 February 2013 (2013-02-10) (Berlin)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

The film stars Romane Bohringer and Pierrette Robitaille as Vic and Flo, lesbian lovers and former convicts who settle in the countryside of Quebec after Vic is released from prison.^[3] Marc-André Grondin also stars as Guillaume, Vic's parole officer who gets drawn into Vic and Flo's relationship drama as Vic begins to rebel against the constraints of her newly stable domestic life.^[3]

Cast

• Marc-André Grondin as Guillaume Perreira-Leduc
• Romane Bohringer as Florence Richemont
• Pierrette Robitaille as Victoria Champagne
• Inka Malovic as La Policière
• Marie Brassard as Marina St-Jean / Jackie
• Olivier Aubin as Nicolas Smith
• Guy Thauvette as Yvon Champagne
• Pier-Luc Funk as Charlot Smith
• Ted Pluviose as Lover

Awards

The film won the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2014.^[4]

Robitaille won the Jutra Award for Best Actress at the 16th Jutra Awards.^[5] The film also received nominations for Best Director (Côté), Best Supporting Actress (Brassard), Best Screenplay (Côté) and Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.^[6]

Bohringer received a Vancouver Film Critics Circle nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2013.^[7]