Felix and Meira | |
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Directed by | Maxime Giroux |
Written by | Maxime Giroux Alexandre Laferrière |
Produced by | Sylvain Corbeil Nancy Grant |
Starring | Martin Dubreuil Luzer Twersky Hadas Yaron |
Cinematography | Sara Mishara |
Edited by | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
Music by | Olivier Alary |
Production company | Metafilms |
Distributed by | Funfilm |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Languages | Yiddish English French |
Felix and Meira (French: Félix et Meira) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Maxime Giroux, and starring Martin Dubreuil, Hadas Yaron, and Luzer Twersky. It is about an improbable affair between two Montreal residents - one a married woman from a devoutly Jewish family and community, and the other a single French Canadian man with his own family issues.
The film premiered in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Award for Best Canadian Film. It received numerous other film festival awards, and was nominated for five Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture.