Félix And Meira

Name: Félix And Meira
Genre: Drama, Romance, Family
Released: April 17, 2015
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 66

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Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: April 17, 2015 | R

Summary: Each lost in their everyday lives, Meira (Hadas Yaron), a Hasidic Jewish wife and mother and Félix (Martin Dubreuil), a secular loner mourning the recent death of his estranged father, unexpectedly meet in a local bakery in Montreal’s Mile End district. What starts as an innocent friendship becomes more serious as the two wayward strangersEach lost in their everyday lives, Meira (Hadas Yaron), a Hasidic Jewish wife and mother and Félix (Martin Dubreuil), a secular loner mourning the recent death of his estranged father, unexpectedly meet in a local bakery in Montreal’s Mile End district. What starts as an innocent friendship becomes more serious as the two wayward strangers find comfort in one another. As Felix opens Meira’s eyes to the world outside of her tight-knit Orthodox community, her desire for change becomes harder for her to ignore, ultimately forcing her to choose: remain in the life that she knows or give it all up to be with Félix. [Oscilloscope Laboratories]… Expand

Director: Maxime Giroux

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Family

Rating: R

Runtime: 105 min

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Peter Rainer

Apr 24, 2015

It’s always gratifying to see a movie in which an ostensibly closed-off community is depicted humanely rather than voyeuristically. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Apr 23, 2015

Co-writer and director Maxime Giroux's Felix and Meira is an unusual love story that, though shrouded in chill and shadow, has moments of true loveliness. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

May 21, 2015

That we almost don’t question the plausibility of this oddest of odd couples is a tribute to the sensitive direction of French Canadian filmmaker Maxime Giroux, who wrote the relatable yet keenly observant script with Alexandre Laferrière. Read full review

Serena Donadoni

Apr 14, 2015

The restrained performances of Dubreuil and Yaron (Fill the Void) gradually reveal the flaws and strengths of this fragile couple, while Twersky is quietly devastating as an abandoned husband who fully understands devotion and sacrifice. Read full review

Boyd van Hoeij

Apr 16, 2015

Like the director’s previous feature, Jo for Jonathan, this is a minutely observed story of great modesty that thrives on transformations so tiny, the film deserves to be seen on the big screen. Read full review

Jordan Hoffman

Apr 16, 2015

Felix and Meira is tender and sad, and wonderfully shot in snowy Quebec, but ultimately fails to connect. It’s such a gentle whisper of a film, it’s hard to hear what it wants to say. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Apr 15, 2015

Tender, heartfelt and exquisitely dull, the drama Félix and Meira illustrates the perils of trying to tell an emotional love story with meaningful stares and long pauses. Read full review

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whostosay

Aug 15, 2017

Extremely slow paced but filled with a strong, heartfelt sense of humanity and it's inherent search for belonging and community. The extras at the end of the DVD were particularly illuminating and highlighted several of the real life actors who acted out their roles from personalExtremely slow paced but filled with a strong, heartfelt sense of humanity and it's inherent search for belonging and community. The extras at the end of the DVD were particularly illuminating and highlighted several of the real life actors who acted out their roles from personal experience. On a whole it is an unusually quiet but deeply emotive film.… Expand

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