Gabrielle /

The musically gifted but developmentally challenged Gabrielle lives in a group home with four other adults who have similar disabilities. Like all young women, Gabrielle wants her independence, but of course her situation is exceptional. When she falls in love with a similarly challenged young man i...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Archambault, Louise (Screenwriter), Dery, Luc (Producer), McCraw, Kim (Producer), Laverdière, Mathieu (director of photography.), Marion-Rivard, Gabrielle (Actor), Landry, Alexandre (Actor)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French
Language Notes:	French dialogue; optional English subtitles; French subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published:	[Montréal?] : Films Christal, [2014?]
Subjects:	Developmentally disabled > Drama. Young women > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Developmentally disabled. Man-woman relationships. Young women. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Canadian. Romance films. Feature films. Fiction films. Drama.

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Summary:	The musically gifted but developmentally challenged Gabrielle lives in a group home with four other adults who have similar disabilities. Like all young women, Gabrielle wants her independence, but of course her situation is exceptional. When she falls in love with a similarly challenged young man in her choir, she discovers that both the families and the social workers are alarmed; can these two handle an adult relationship?
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2013. Special feature: documentary entitled: Moi aussi je m'appelle Gabrielle / directed by Annie St-Pierre (47 min.).
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (104 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; widescreen (16:9, 1.85); 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Audience:	CHV rating: 14A.
Production Credits:	Screenwriter, Louise Archambault ; director, Louise Archambault ; producers, Luc Déry and Kim McCraw ; cinematographer, Mathieu Laverdière ; editor, Richard Comeau.; music, Francois Lafontaine.