Chloé Robichaud

Chloé Robichaud (born January 31, 1988) is a Canadian director best known for her debut film Sarah Prefers to Run. The film premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section.

Early life and education

Robichaud was born in Cap Rouge, Quebec. She complete her film studies at Concordia University.[1]

Career

Robichaud made her feature film debut with Sarah Prefers to Run.[2] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.[3][4]

Robichaud launched the webseries Féminin/Féminin in 2014, about a group of six Montrealer lesbians dealing with love and growing up in the city.[5] The series ran for eight episodes.

In 2015 Robichaud announced her next film would be Pays, which presents three women who's paths cross in Besco, a small isolated island facing an important economic crisis.

Félixe, an idealistic Canadian, elected as a federal deputy at only 25 years old, Danielle, a strong and confident woman in her mid 40s, President of Besco, and Emily, a talented American mediator in her 30s leading negotiations between both countries.

Dealing with the political conflict about the exploitation of Besco’s natural resources will bring these women to question how they wish to balance work with their personal lives.

Under pressure, will they remain faithful to themselves and their values?

She is an out lesbian.[6]

Filmography

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