TITLE: PEAK EVERYTHING (Amour apocalypse)
Section: Directors’ Fortnight
Director: Anne Émond
Logline: Adam (Patrick Hivon) is a kind-hearted kennel-owner. To help combat his eco-anxiety, Adam orders a therapeutic solar lamp. Through the lamp’s supplier’s technical support line, he meets Tina (Piper Perabo), a woman with a voice that soothes all of his worries. This unexpected encounter changes everything: earth trembles, and hearts explode…
Sales agent: Indie Sales (international)
Distributor (Canada): Immina Films
Panelists: Anne Émond (writer/director), Piper Perabo, Patrick Hivon, Connor Jessup (actors).
Key quotes: “I sat down one night and I read it, and thought it was audacious. I thought it was amazing. I thought it was unexpected, and I didn’t even know what genre it was, and I didn’t know anything about Anne’s previous work. We were supposed to meet over zoom, but the internet in my building wasn’t working, so we met over the phone, like the beginning of the movie, and we just hit it off right away. We had so many similar references to what we were thinking about the film, and we’re just getting on like a house on fire. And I was like, ‘Please, please, I want to do this movie.’” – Piper Perabo.
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