Francine (2012)

Name: Francine
Genre: Drama
Duration: 74 min
Cast: Melissa Leo, Victoria Charkut, Dave Clark, Keith Leonard, Laurent Rejto

Francine

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Drama

Documentary

Release Date: September 12, 2012
Director: Brian M. Cassidy , Melanie Shatzky
Cast: Melissa Leo , Victoria Charkut , Dave Clark , Keith Leonard , Laurent Rejto , Barbara Sebring-Forman
Runtime: 74
Main Genre: Drama
Writers: Brian M. Cassidy , Melanie Shatzky
Tagline: “A minimalist, image-based character study that is almost impossibly fragile and yet emotionally robust, Francine is a legitimate discovery. It’s propelled by Melissa Leo’s remarkable title-role performance, rigorous in its honesty and unimpeded by even a
Website: http://www.francinethefilm.com/

Summary

After serving time in prison, Francine settles down in small-town North America. Through a series of temporary jobs, she tries to regain a foothold in society. However, this security proves just as elusive as the connections she tries to forge with people in the town. As her human relationships falter, Francine looks to animals for support, a development that leads her in a tragically wrong direction. Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky’s fiction debut Francine, a near silent film, focuses on the title figure during a brief chapter in her life. Oscar winner Melissa Leo conveys the longings and woes of the distressed protagonist with remarkable precision, delivering a performance of tremendous force. The narrative provides no psychological backstory, and yet we grow increasingly close to this fragile person, whose life does not have a clear path but rather consists of a series of emotional states. As the protagonist moves through the film’s impressive locations, her path through life is much like an orbiting satellite: detached, lonely and ultimately destined to crash.