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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #64. Anne Emond’s Nelly

Published on January 8, 2016

Nelly

Director: Anne Emond
Writer: Anne Emond

Quebecois director Anne Emond, whose impressive debut was 2011’s was Nuit #1, just unveiled her sophomore effort Our Loved Ones at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival. But as her family drama awaits US distribution, she’s already filmed her third feature, Nelly, a film inspired by the life of famed prostitute turned novelist Nelly Arcan, who committed suicide in 2009. Emond states the film is not a biopic, and will feature five characters based on facets of Arcan’s personality.

Cast: Mylene Mackay

Production Co./Producer: Nicole Robert

U.S. Distributor: Rights available TBD (domestic/international)

Release Date: We’re looking forward to Emond’s latest, which sounds like a thrillingly unconventional portrait of a provocative artist. Both of her features played at TIFF, so this may be a prime candidate for their new Platform program.

Related Topics:Anne Émond, Mylene Mackay, Nelly, Nicole Robert, Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016, top-stories

Nicholas Bell

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2021: France (Bruno Dumont), Passing (Rebecca Hall) and Nightmare Alley (Guillermo Del Toro). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.