François Delisle
Biography
François Delisle is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. François Delisle directed several experimental short films between 1987 and 1990. In 1991, François Delisle was named best new director of short and medium-length films at the Rendez-Vous du cinéma québécois for his medium-length film Beebe-Plain. In 1994, Ruth, François Delisle’s first feature film, was named best feature of the year and best screenplay at the Rendez-Vous du cinéma québécois. In 2002, François Delisle founded the company Films 53/12.
Known For & Full Filmography2 Titles
Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Pierre
Forty-something Pierre is serving a fourteen year prison sentence. His mother, who is approaching eighty, visits him every week. Suzanne, Pierre's current wife, has moved on since he was sent away. Each character gives us a frank account of a period in their lives that seems suspended in time by the fragile connection between life on the inside and the world outside. Their destinies are linked by crime, guilt and loneliness, and like casualties of love and desire, they are dying to stick their heads above the water and breathe the air of life.
Movie - 1990, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Between the city, the suburbs and the theft of an automobile.