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

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.