ROSE’S WEDNESDAYS Les mercredis de RoseLos Miércoles de Rosa

PRESS KIT

A Film byGUYLAINE DIONNE

StarringKATHLEEN FORTIN

© 2010 Guylaine Dionne

Press Relations

Gina Harasztitel. : 001 514 514-0103

e-mail : roseswednesdays@gmail.com

Images

Press quality images are available to download:http://rapidshare.com/files/383508707/Downloads.zip.html

Screening Information

Language: FrenchRuntime: 25 minutes

Sound: StereoAspect ratio: 16:9

Subtitles available: English, SpanishColor: Color

Available formats: NTSC - DVD, HDCAM, DIGIBETA, BetaSP

Production Info

Premiere: noneProduced in Canada, in 2010

Produced with the Participation of

Conseil des arts et des lettre du QUÉBECHexagram

Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC)Vision Globale

© 2010 Guylaine Dionne

Synopsis

Every Wednesday, Rose cleans the house of a man she has never met. There, she slowly discovers his universe: a world with which she becomes infatuated, developing a true love relationship full of sensuality, fantasy and hopefulness.

Cada miércoles, Rose hace la limpieza en la casa de un hombre que no conoce descubriendo poco a poco su universo e impregnándose de él tanto que desarrolla una verdadera relación de amor, sensualidad, fantasía y de esperanza inusitada.

Statement by the Director

Rose’s Wednesdays is a film behind closed doors. By the very nature of the creative process, in substance and form the film was always about exploration and reflection of our relationships with the private and public that surrounds us. Where to begin and end decency, respect, confidence, when we are led to enter the deepest intimacy of another person? How can we handle personal matters every day, while we are totally estranged? Sharing secrets with someone is like sharing our lives. What roles do curiosity and desire play in a life of a lonely person? My film, Rose’s Wednesdays, explores these questions to find how it feels to desire reaching out for someone else’s heart.

I believe to be a filmmaker who has a poetic way of seeing the feminine universe. My way is humane and suffused with a desire to live differently.

Guylaine Dionne

© 2010 Guylaine Dionne

DIRECTOR

GUYLAINE DIONNE | Writer, Director and ProducerGuylaine Dionne has been working in film and television for fifteen-plus years, both in fiction as well as in documentary. She has directed several projects, such as the short film Les Frissons d’Agathe, and Les rêves secrets des Tarahumaras, which was nominated for a Gémeaux as Best Documentary Series. She oversaw the production of Amérique 500 in ten countries all over

the Americas, which lead to a Gémeaux nomination for Best Research and a Gémeaux award for Best Documentary Series. Her first feature-length fiction film, Les Fantômes des Trois Madeleine, premiered at the Director’s Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival in 2000, and went on to play festivals all over Europe, and North and South America. Her 2004 docu-drama Mary Shelley won the Lanterna Magica award for best documentary in Tours, during the Festival l’Encre à l’écran. Guylaine was the recipient of the 2006 Don Haig Award in celebration of her work as a creator both in fiction and in documentary. Her latest feature film Serveuses Demandées is a compassionate, complex drama. She studied film at Concordia University, now known as The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, where she has taught Film Production since 2000 and she became head of the MFA program this year. She also has a D.E.A. in film from the University of Strasbourg.

© 2010 Guylaine Dionne

CAST

KATHLEEN FORTIN | Rose Filmography:Mars et Avril (2011), Les mercredis de Rose (2010), Cruising Bar 2 (2008), "François en série" (1 episode, 2006), Dans une galaxie près de chez vous - Le film (2004), Les fantômes des Trois Madeleine (2000)

CREW

director, writer and producer | GUYLAINE DIONNE research | SOLOMON NAGER & MARIE-JOSÉE SAINT-PIERRE

production manager | ISABELLA SALAS director of photography | AN MINH TRUONG

first camera assistant | HONG AN NGUYEN camera operator | GUYLAINE DIONNE

art director | CHRIS JOHNSON sound recording | ALEXIS LANDRIAULT

post coordinator | ISABELLA SALAS editing | MATHIEU BOUCHARD-MALO assistant editor | STEPHANE GRASSO

sound design | MAUDE COUDÉsound mix | ANDREAS MENDRITZKI

production consultant | SIMON COULETpost-production | KARA BLAKE & MARIE-JOSÉE SAINT-PIERRE

© 2010 Guylaine Dionne