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  • 2014
  • R
  • Agora Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • Agora Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Summary The musically gifted but developmentally challenged Gabrielle lives in a group home with four other adults who have similar disabilities. Like all young women, Gabrielle wants her independence, but of course her situation is exceptional. When she falls in love with a similarly challenged young man in her choir, she discovers that both th...

Directed By: Louise Archambault

Written By: Louise Archambault

  • 2014
  • R
  • Agora Films
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2014
  • R
  • Agora Films
  • 1 h 44 m

Gabrielle

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary The musically gifted but developmentally challenged Gabrielle lives in a group home with four other adults who have similar disabilities. Like all young women, Gabrielle wants her independence, but of course her situation is exceptional. When she falls in love with a similarly challenged young man in her choir, she discovers that both th...

Directed By: Louise Archambault

Written By: Louise Archambault

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90
Jul 2, 2014
Archambault is fluent in small, self-contained moments. Even as their guardians are forced into difficult conversations, Gabrielle and Martin's private exchanges ring true.
By Abby Garnett FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 3, 2014
If the title role of Gabrielle weren’t so fully embodied by its star, Gabrielle Marion-Rivard, this French Canadian movie about love among the disabled would fall on the condescendingly mushy side of the line between heartwarming and saccharine.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 18, 2014
Instead of a message movie, Gabrielle is a romance and an unusual kind of musical that seamlessly integrates special needs actors with the other cast members.
By Liam Lacey FULL REVIEW
70
Apr 18, 2014
Archambault’s handling of Gabrielle and Martin’s sexuality is one of the pic’s strong suits, presenting their desire with a refreshing, straightforward honesty.
By Jay Weissberg FULL REVIEW
67
Jul 5, 2014
Frequently charming. Marion-Rivard, who won Canada’s equivalent of the Best Actress Oscar earlier this year (the film itself won Best Picture), gives a strong, sophisticated performance, even as she’s disarmingly open in a way that would be almost impossible for an actor without Williams syndrome to fake.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 1, 2014
Its sentiment is appealing, though, and its sincerity doesn’t cloy.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 1, 2014
Writer-director Louise Archambault's neatly affirmative denouement is at odds with the more uncertain reality occurring at the edges of the film's drama.
By Carson Lund FULL REVIEW

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Production Company micro_scope
Release Date Jul 4, 2014
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
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Website https://www.facebook.com/GabrielleLeFilm
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Awards

Jutra Awards
• 5 Wins & 10 Nominations
Canadian Screen Awards, CA
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Vancouver Film Critics Circle
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations

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