CANADA | 2024 | DRAMEMY | 97 MINUTES | FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
IN CINEMAS FEBRUARY 28TH
Written, directed and produced by Yanie Dupont-Hébert
With Noémie Yelle, Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon and Irlande Côté
Dive into the intimate world of Pat (she hates Patricia), a fiery writer on the brink of forty, plagued by an invasive and unreliable inner voice that constantly pushes her toward self-sabotage. Pat must face herself, forgive, and silence her insecurities if she wants to save her relationship with Jan—the musician she has just rekindled things with, who is struggling with an identity crisis—and repair her now fragile bond with her daughter Flavie, a teenager whose best friend is an imaginary emotional support dog named Jesus.
A stay at Pat’s family cabin, in the heart of the harsh Québécois winter, unearths a childhood trauma that might just hold the key to her salvation…
Blending drama, comedy, and a touch of magical realism, 1+1+1 Life, Love, Chaos follows characters standing at the threshold of who they were and who they are about to become. Identity, the complexities of family ties, love, and the existential questions Pat and her clan grapple with reflect universal themes that resonate with all.
YANIE DUPONT-HÉBERT / DIRECTOR, WRITER, PRODUCER
After studying film, Yanie worked in television and documentary filmmaking, traveled the world, started a family, and eventually returned to her first love: fiction. She is one of eight filmmakers selected in Canada to take part in the Academy of Canadian Cinema's Women Directors Program. Her short film L’été indien won Best Director and Best Original Screenplay at the Malaga Film Festival, while her film essay Les choses de ma vie was screened in theaters and art galleries.
She co-wrote and directed the comedy series SMILE TV, and her feature screenplay Lola et moi—a co-production with France—was selected for the Cannes Festival Screenwriters’ Pavilion. Her debut feature film, 1+1+1 Life, Love, Chaos, received the Talent to Watch grant from Telefilm Canada.
Yanie teaches film workshops for children, is part of a group of filmmakers training actors at L’INIS, is preparing her next film, and continues to develop projects blending drama, comedy, and fantasy.
FILMOGRAPHY
Les Hauts-Parleurs , 2017
L'été indien (short), 2014
Les choses de ma vie (short), 2012
Smile TV, (TV), 2011
Panda (short), 2010
Air de novembre, 2007
Yanie à Paris (shorts series),2004