April in Love ( Avril )

April in Love (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Avril
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu

Written By:
Gérald Hustache-Mathieu

Actors:
Sophie Quinton ..... Avril
Miou-Miou ..... Soeur Bernadette, formerly Flora Romano
Nicolas Duvauchelle ..... Pierre
Clément Sibony ..... David
Richaud Valls ..... Jim
Geneviève Casile ..... Mère Marie-Joseph
Monique Mélinand ..... Soeur Céleste
Anna Mihalcea ..... Flora
Claude Duty ..... Père Jean Diard
Mathilde Mignot ..... Avril enfant
Frédéric Quiring ..... Le père adoptif de David
Marie Vinoy ..... La mère adoptive de David
Milo Hustache-Mathieu ..... David enfant
Gisèle Boiteux ..... Une Trappistine
Denise Billot ..... Une Trappistine

Synopsis:

A would-be nun pays a visit to an outside world that's full of surprises in this comedy-drama from France. Avril (Sophie Quinton) never knew her parents; rather than keep her, her folks left her on the doorstep of a convent, where she was raised by the nuns, led by Sister Bernadette (Miou-Miou). Avril has long intended to join the only family she's ever known at the convent, but Sister Bernadette gently but firmly suggests she should take the opportunity to see the larger world before she turns her life over to the Lord. The suggestion has been nagging at Avril for some time, and when she and her fellow novices are supposed to spend a weekend in silent meditation at the chapel, she takes the opportunity to sneak away for a few days. Avril's attempts to learn something about her parents has led her to discover she has a twin brother, and she decides it's time she met him. Avril hitches a ride to visit her brother David (Clement Sibony), catching a lift with Pierre (Nicolas Duvauchelle) and arriving in time to discover he's about to leave for a weekend getaway. David invites Avril along, but to her surprise, he also brings along Jim (Richaud Valls), his significant other; Pierre ends up tagging along, and as Avril gets to know her brother and his boyfriend, she also notices that Pierre seems to have taken a keen interest in her. Avril was the first feature film from writer and director Gerald Hustache-Mathieu.

When Avril is given the chance to explore the world outside her convent before taking her vows, she immediately accepts, mostly because she wants to meet her fraternal brother with whom she was separated at birth.

An attractive, friendly man offers to give Avril a lift, and the pair eventually come across her brother, and his boyfriend. The unlikely foursome form a tight bond during a secular vacation by the beach, realizing that God works in mysterious ways.

April has been living in the "Trappistines of the Strict Observance" for 21 years. She was abandoned at birth in front of this isolated convent and raised by the sisters. It is time for her to utter her perpetual vows, and Sister Bernadette cannot but reveal the most buried secret of the monastery: she was not abandonned on her own, there was also a boy, her twin brother. April decides to look for him.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 November, 2009.

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