Felix and Meira
By Maxime Giroux
Country: Canada
Languages: French, English, Yiddish
Original title: Félix et Meira
Casting: Hadas Yaron, Martin Dubreuil, Luzer Twersky
Production year: 2014
Runtime: 01h45
Production company: Metafilms inc.
Félix is an eccentric and penniless French Canadian whose wealthy father is dying. Meira is a Hasidic woman married with a child, searching for something new. They were not meant to meet, let alone fall in love. Félix and Meira tells the miraculous love story between two separate beings from two distinct communities, who attempt to love each other despite what separates them.
Toronto IFF – Contemporary World Cinema – Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film
San Sebastian IFF – Official Competition
Filmfest Hamburg 2014
Namur IFF 2014 – Competition
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2014 – Montréal – Competition – Best Film Award (Louve d’Or)
Haifa IFF 2014 – Between Judaism and Israelism Competition – Best Film Award (The Tobias Szpancer Award)
Warsaw IFF 2014 – Competition
Mumbai IFF 2014
Sao Paulo IFF 2014
FIFF Tubingen Stuttgart 2014
Amiens IFF 2014 – Best Actress Prize (Hadas Yaron), Best Actor Prize (Luzer Twersky)
Talinn Black Nights IFF 2014
Torino IFF 2014 – Best Actress Prize (Hadas Yaron), Best Actor Prize (Luzer Twersky), Interfedi Prize
Cinéma du Quebec 2014
Jerusalem Jewish FF 2014
Goteborg IFF 2015
FICG Guadalajara 2015
Vilnius IFF 2015
Febiofest IFF 2015
Moscow Jewish FF 2015
Shanghai IFF 2015
« Among impossible love stories, this one is one of the most delicate and sensitive we've seen in a long time. » - Télérama
« Love has no religion, a pinnacle of delicacy. » - V.O
« He, fabulous... she, James Gray's heartwarming heroine... a wonderful love story. » - Cinéfilic
