All That She Wants (film)

All That She Wants (French: Elle veut le chaos) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denis Côté and released in 2008.[1] The film centres on Coralie (Eve Duranceau), a young girl living with her stepfather Jacob (Normand Lévesque), who keeps her isolated for her protection due to his criminal past; however, Coralie is preparing to rebel against her circumstances.[2]

All That She Wants
FrenchElle veut le chaos
Directed byDenis Côté
Written byDenis Côté
Produced byDenis Côté
Stéphanie Morissette [fr]
StarringEve Duranceau
Normand Lévesque [fr]
Laurent Lucas
CinematographyJosée Deshaies
Edited bySophie Leblond
Production
company
Nihilproductions
Distributed byFunFilm [fr]
Release date
  • August 10, 2008 (2008-08-10) (Locarno)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
Budget$1 million[1]

The film's cast also includes Laurent Lucas, Nicolas Canuel [fr], Réjean Lefrançois [fr] and Olivier Aubin.

The film premiered on August 10, 2008 at the Locarno Film Festival.[3] It won the festival's award for Best Direction.[4]

Release

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All That She Wants was released on DVD and video-on-demand on July 7, 2009 by FunFilm [fr].[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Ramond, Charles-Henri (January 9, 2009). "Elle veut le chaos – Film de Denis Côté" [She Wants Chaos – Film by Denis Côté] (in French). Films du Québec. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Bennett, Ray (August 12, 2008). "All That She Wants". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "En bref - Elle veut le chaos, de Denis Côté, sera présenté à Locarno" [In brief - She Wants Chaos, by Denis Côté, will be presented at Locarno]. Le Devoir (in French). July 16, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  4. ^ Laforest, Kevin (December 4, 2008). "Elle veut le chaos : Tout est chaos" [She Wants Chaos: Everything is Chaos]. Voir (in French). Retrieved November 14, 2023.
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