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Léa Pool

Léa Pool

film director, screenwriter
September 8, 1950 (73 years old)
Can. 2025. Drama by Léa Pool.
Can. 2024. Social drama by Léa Pool. To prevent the deportation of his Iranian lover, a Moroccan illegal immigrant seduces a Canadian immigration official.
Can. 2023. Drama by Léa Pool with Sébastien Ricard, Lorena Handschin, Jules Porier. Left to end his life in a country devastated by war, a Quebecer puts his malaise into perspective after his arrival.
Runtime: 100 min.

Worst Case, We Get Married

V.O.: Et au pire, on se mariera
Can. 2017. Drama by Léa Pool with Sophie Nélisse, Jean-Simon Leduc, Karine Vanasse. In search of identity and love, a 14-year-old girl, who has a strained relationship with her mother, falls in love with a cook twice her age.
Runtime: 91 min.

Double Sentence

V.O.: Double peine
Can. 2017. Documentary by Léa Pool. Portrait of children whose mothers are incarcerated for long periods in Nepal, Bolivia, Quebec, and the United States.
Runtime: 104 min.

The Passion of Augustine

V.O.: La Passion d'Augustine
Can. 2015. Dramatic comedy by Léa Pool with Céline Bonnier, Lysandre Ménard, Diane Lavallée. In late 1960s Quebec, a nun who teaches music does everything she can to save her school, which is threatened with closure.
Runtime: 103 min.
General
Can. 2011. Documentary by Léa Pool. A critical look at the ins and outs of fundraising for breast cancer research organized by multinational corporations.
Runtime: 98 min.

The Last Escape

V.O.: La Dernière Fugue
Can. 2010. Drama by Léa Pool with Yves Jacques, Andrée Lachapelle, Jacques Godin. An elderly man suffering from Parkinson's disease asks his wife, eldest son, and grandson to secretly help him end his life.
Runtime: 90 min.
Can. 2008. Chronicle by Léa Pool with Marianne Fortier, Laurent Lucas, Céline Bonnier. In the summer of 1966, a teenage girl experiences various upheavals following her mother's sudden departure for London.
Runtime: 99 min.
Can. 2004. Adventures by Léa Pool with Marc Donato, William Hurt, Pascale Bussières. A child suffering from cancer convinces an entomologist to go capture a rare butterfly in Central America with him.
Runtime: 97 min.
Can. 2001. Psychological drama by Léa Pool with Mischa Barton, Piper Perabo, Jessica Paré. In a posh private college, three young girls discover love and friendship under dramatic circumstances.
Runtime: 103 min.
Can. 1998. Psychological drama by Léa Pool with Karine Vanasse, Miki Manojlovic, Pascale Bussières. In 1963, in a working-class neighbourhood of Montreal, the difficult family and emotional experiences of a teenager.
Runtime: 94 min.
Can. 1998. Documentary by Léa Pool with Sylvie Malo. Profile of the life of novelist Gabrielle Roy.
Can. 1993. Sentimental drama by Léa Pool with Valérie Kaprisky, Jean-François Pichette, Jolianne L'Allier-Matteau. Two young people have a love affair on a train to Vancouver.
Runtime: 92 min.

Montreal Sextet

V.O.: Montréal vu par... Six variations sur un thème
Runtime: 127 min.

The Savage Woman

V.O.: La Demoiselle sauvage
Can. 1991. Psychological drama by Léa Pool with Patricia Tulasne, Matthias Habich, Lénie Scoffié. After a failed suicide attempt, a young woman is taken in by an engineer who lives near a huge dam in the mountains.
Runtime: 105 min.
Can. 1990. Documentary by Léa Pool. Wounded by a failed romance, a woman travels across the United States from east to west.
Runtime: 75 min.

Straight for the Heart

V.O.: À corps perdu
Can. 1988. Psychological drama by Léa Pool with Matthias Habich, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Michel Voïta. Upon his return from an exhausting trip to Central America, a photographer is painfully aware of the breakup of the m
Runtime: 92 min.
Can. 1986. Psychological drama by Léa Pool with Albane Guilhe, Louise Marleau, Guy Thauvette. A young Swiss artist becomes attached to a child psychologist in Montreal.
Runtime: 102 min.

A Woman in Transit

V.O.: La Femme de l'hôtel
Can. 1984. Psychological drama by Léa Pool with Paule Baillargeon, Louise Marleau, Marthe Turgeon. In a Montreal hotel, a filmmaker befriends a client in whom she believes she sees the heroine of her film.
Runtime: 89 min.
Can. 1980. Poetic drama by Léa Pool with Céline Lacoste, Luc Caron.
Runtime: 63 min.

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