In this award-winning film, Sofia, a superwoman in a man’s world, a marketing specialist is trapped in an episode of her stressful daily life, overlooking herself until she hits a wall. The film sets up a parallel between Sofia’s life and the climate change problems, initiated through the denial of her soul for the benefit of our mass consumption society.
Director's Statement:
The release of An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to educate people about global warming, brought the subject of climate change to a worldwide awareness in 2006. However, despite the gravity of the situation, few concrete actions made it possible to reach the goals set by the world climate organizations to solve the situation.
Having lived in Europe, I was surprised to witness that things didn’t change much through the years when I returned home in Montreal: intense traffic, bridges blocked during peak hours, increased presence of energy-consuming vehicles, etc. More than ten years later, a majority of the population continues to live the capitalist dream as if everything will be fine; but we know it won’t, do we? Why this denial? How is it possible?
These reflections initiated the birth of this project. This is the reality of Sofia’s life. A young and ambitious professional who carries on her shoulders the weight of a big company she works for, who ignores her own needs and seems to have no life, nor time to take an interest in the life around her. Is this the price to pay for her success?
Le choix de Sofia is the choice Sofia makes and also a choice she cannot make. It is a look at a society that promotes the denial of being for the benefit of short-term economical values. The tone of the film is both realistic and ironical, with a touch of humor. This twelve minutes short-film aims to immerse the audience in the heart of a reality that most people don’t perceive, establishing a parallel between Sofia’s life and the destruction of our planet.
Beyond the main theme, I was interested in the challenge of bringing the audience to be interested in an isolated woman who holds back her emotions, until the point where her nature can’t take the backseat anymore. This quest for being is that of every person who seeks for the truth in the depths of his soul.
- Year2020
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryCanada
- PremiereLouisiana Premiere
- RatingMature
- DirectorAlain Deslongchamps
- ScreenwriterAlain Deslongchamps
- ProducerEleni Larchanidou, Waheed Naddafi, Alain Deslongchamps
- CastVéronique Gallant, Ray Blaze, Denis Fortin, Meliza Lejeune, Sasha Dominique
In this award-winning film, Sofia, a superwoman in a man’s world, a marketing specialist is trapped in an episode of her stressful daily life, overlooking herself until she hits a wall. The film sets up a parallel between Sofia’s life and the climate change problems, initiated through the denial of her soul for the benefit of our mass consumption society.
Director's Statement:
The release of An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary on Al Gore’s campaign to educate people about global warming, brought the subject of climate change to a worldwide awareness in 2006. However, despite the gravity of the situation, few concrete actions made it possible to reach the goals set by the world climate organizations to solve the situation.
Having lived in Europe, I was surprised to witness that things didn’t change much through the years when I returned home in Montreal: intense traffic, bridges blocked during peak hours, increased presence of energy-consuming vehicles, etc. More than ten years later, a majority of the population continues to live the capitalist dream as if everything will be fine; but we know it won’t, do we? Why this denial? How is it possible?
These reflections initiated the birth of this project. This is the reality of Sofia’s life. A young and ambitious professional who carries on her shoulders the weight of a big company she works for, who ignores her own needs and seems to have no life, nor time to take an interest in the life around her. Is this the price to pay for her success?
Le choix de Sofia is the choice Sofia makes and also a choice she cannot make. It is a look at a society that promotes the denial of being for the benefit of short-term economical values. The tone of the film is both realistic and ironical, with a touch of humor. This twelve minutes short-film aims to immerse the audience in the heart of a reality that most people don’t perceive, establishing a parallel between Sofia’s life and the destruction of our planet.
Beyond the main theme, I was interested in the challenge of bringing the audience to be interested in an isolated woman who holds back her emotions, until the point where her nature can’t take the backseat anymore. This quest for being is that of every person who seeks for the truth in the depths of his soul.
- Year2020
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageFrench
- CountryCanada
- PremiereLouisiana Premiere
- RatingMature
- DirectorAlain Deslongchamps
- ScreenwriterAlain Deslongchamps
- ProducerEleni Larchanidou, Waheed Naddafi, Alain Deslongchamps
- CastVéronique Gallant, Ray Blaze, Denis Fortin, Meliza Lejeune, Sasha Dominique