Story of Jen (2008)
Directed by François Rotger

Drama / Mystery

Film Synopsis

Jen will be 15 this year.  Since the death of her father, she lives alone with her young mother, Sarah, in Covina, a small town in North America.  One day, Ian, the half-brother of Jen's father, turns up and offers to give the two women a helping hand.  Jen becomes fascinated by the newcomer, whose presence gradually drives the mother and her daughter apart.  One eventful night, Jen runs away with Ian and the two seek refuge in the inhospitable forests of the north.  So begins a pitiless manhunt, and Jen will never be the same again...
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Film Credits

  • Director: François Rotger
  • Script: François Rotger
  • Cinematographer: Georges Lechaptois
  • Music: François Rotger
  • Cast: Laurence Leboeuf (Jen), Marina Hands (Sarah), Daniel Pilon (Melvin), Tony Ward (Ian), Annie Murphy (Ana), Francis X. McCarthy (George Weinmark), Daniel Richard Giverin (Glen Reed), Joanna Noyes (Claire Weinmark), Paula Jean Hixson (Dottie Corman), Richard Robitaille (Man in a cheap suit), Amanda Strawn (Counselor), Joy Wielard (The 'deer woman'), Richard Paquet (Hiker), Scott Hutchinson (Hardware shop employee), Bill Rowat (Ray Corman), Valérie Chiniara (High school girl #1), Susanna Fournier (High school girl #2), Travis Martin (Raz), Adrienne Mei Irving (Shirelle), Rhiannon Moller-Trotter (Anneliesse)
  • Country: Canada / France
  • Language: French / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 107 min

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