Vital Signs (2009 film)

Vital Signs (French: Les signes vitaux) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sophie Deraspe and released in 2009.[1] The film stars Marie-Hélène Bellavance as Simone, a young woman who responds to the death of her grandmother by abandoning her university studies to volunteer as a caregiver for the dying in a palliative care centre.[2]

Vital Signs
Directed bySophie Deraspe
Produced byNicolas Fonseca
Written bySophie Deraspe
StarringMarie-Hélène Bellavance
Francis Ducharme
Marie Brassard
Music byJean-François Laporte
Krista Muir
CinematographySophie Deraspe
Edited byS. Madeleine Leblanc
Production
company
Les Films Siamois
Release date
  • October 3, 2009 (2009-10-03) (FNC)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in October 2009.[3] It was subsequently screened at the Whistler Film Festival, where it won the Borsos Competition for Best Canadian Feature Film,[4] before going into general theatrical release in 2010.[1]

The film received three Prix Jutra nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011, for Best Film, Best Supporting Actress (Marie Brassard) and Best Make-Up (Joan Patricia Parris).[5]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Signes vitaux, Les – Film de Sophie Deraspe". Films du Québec, February 5, 2010.
  2. "Woman helps those 'walking their last mile'". Montreal Gazette, March 6, 2010.
  3. "Some films that aren't to be missed". Montreal Gazette, October 3, 2009.
  4. Marke Andrews, "Quebec director Sophie Deraspe wrote, directed and shot Borsos winner". Vancouver Sun, December 7, 2009.
  5. Brendan Kelly, "Incendies leads Quebec film-award nods". Postmedia News, February 9, 2011.


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