Roads in February (French: Les routes en février) is a 2018 Canadian drama film directed by Katherine Jerkovic.[1] It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival,[2] where it won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film.[3] The film centres on Sara (Arlen Aguayo-Stewart), a young Hispanic Canadian woman visiting her grandmother in Uruguay.[4]
| Roads in February | |
|---|---|
| French | Les Routes en février |
| Directed by | Katherine Jerkovic |
| Written by | Katherine Jerkovic |
| Produced by | Nicolas Comeau Micaela Sole |
| Starring | Arlen Aguayo-Stewart |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Canniccioni |
| Edited by | Sophie Farkas Bolla |
| Music by | Inés Canepa David Drury |
Production companies | 1976 Productions Cordón Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Spanish |
Cast
edit- Arlen Aguayo-Stewart as Sara
- Gloria Demassi as Magda
- Mathias Perdigón as Tincho
Critical response
editIn December 2018, the Toronto International Film Festival named the film to its annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[5] The Vancouver Film Critics Circle awarded Aguayo-Stewart as Best Actress in a Canadian Film and Jerkovic received the One to Watch Award.[6]
Critical response to the film was positive. The Hollywood Reporter's Boyd Van Hoeij called it "a promising debut feature". And Norman Wilner from Now Toronto called Jerkovic "a gifted, intuitive storyteller who doesn't need to oversell her story's emotional undercurrents; she trusts her audience to understand what's going on simply by paying attention to her actors' faces". It scores 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.[7]
References
edit- ^ "TIFF review: Roads In February (Les routes en février)". Now. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "TIFF Adds More High-Profile Titles, Including Jonah Hill's 'Mid90s,' 'Boy Erased,' 'Hold the Dark,' and Many More". IndieWire. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ "‘Green Book’ Takes Toronto Film Festival’s 2018 People’s Choice Award". Variety, 16 September 2018.
- ^ "'Roads in February' ('Les routes en fevrier'): Film Review | TIFF 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, 13 September 2018.
- ^ "TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list skews a lot younger this year". Now, 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Vancouver Film Critics Circle names Edge of the Knife top Canadian feature film". Toronto Star, 8 January 2019.
- ^ "Roads in February". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.