Les Films Séville has released the first trailer for the
powerful upcoming FLQ drama
Corbo, which
recently earned a well-deserved spot on
TIFF’s annual list of
Canada’s Top Ten films. (TIFF capsule review
here. I'm a big fan of the film.) The drama is a potent look at the events
leading up to one of the most tumultuous episodes in Canadian history. This
debut feature by Mathieu Denis is one of the breakout Canadian debuts of the year
and it makes its international premiere in the
Generation line-up at the Berlin Film Festival next year as one of several films
repping Canada at the
Berlinale.
Synopsis: Montréal,
1966. Jean Corbo, an idealistic 16-year-old of Québécois and Italian descent,
befriends two far-left political activists and joins the FLQ (Liberation Front
of Québec), an underground movement determined to spark a socialist revolution.
Jean thus begins an inextricable march toward his destiny. Starring Anthony
Therrien, Antoine L'Écuyer, Karelle Tremblay and Tony Nardi.
Corbo opens
in theatres March 2015.
It screens at
Canada's Top Ten on Sat., Jan. 10 at 9:00 pm and Sun., Jan. 11 at noon.
