Set Me Free (1999 film)

Set Me Free
Theatrical release poster
FrenchEmporte-moi
Directed byLéa Pool
Written by
Produced byLouis Laverdière
Starring
CinematographyJeanne Lapoirie
Edited byMichel Arcand
Music byRobyn Schulkowsky
Production
companies
  • Cité-Amérique
  • Catpics
  • Haut et Court
Distributed by
  • Equinoxe Films (Canada)
  • Haut et Court (France)
  • Columbus Film (Switzerland)
Release dates
  • 12 February 1999 (1999-02-12) (Canada)
  • 9 April 1999 (1999-04-09) (Switzerland)
  • 28 July 1999 (1999-07-28) (France)
Running time
94 minutes
Countries
  • Canada
  • France
  • Switzerland[1]
LanguageFrench

Set Me Free (French: Emporte-moi) is a 1999 Canadian coming-of-age drama film by Léa Pool and starring Karine Vanasse. It tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963. The film heavily references the French new-wave film Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard.

The film won critical acclaim and several awards, both for Pool and Vanasse, including being named the year's best Canadian feature by the Toronto Film Critics Association. Set Me Free was announced as Canada's submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 72nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

  1. ^ "Set Me Free (Emporte-moi)". Cineuropa. Retrieved 11 November 2022.