Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person is a beautifully offbeat take on teen-vampire genre, February 9
In stylish film hitting la Tournée Québec Cinéma at Studio 16, standout star Sara Montpetit plays a bloodsucker who hates the idea of killing
Sara Montpetit feels her growing fangs in Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person at Studio 16 as part of la Tournée Québec Cinéma
PRETERNATURALLY PALE SARA MONTPETIT is stirring buzz with her portrayal of angsty teen bloodsucker Sasha in Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person.
Fans of Quebec film will remember her from her role in Charlotte Le Bon’s fantastic 2022 flick Falcon Lake. Here, the heavy-banged Montpetit plays an undead high-school outsider who prefers to sip the juice-box-like blood baggies her parents give her than contemplate hunting down her own prey. Her fangs are coming in but she feels an aching empathy toward human life. Is there an ethical way to feed her thirst?
Montreal filmmaker Ariane Louis-Seize has already nabbed a best director prize in the Venice Film Festival’s Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) section for Humanist Vampire, and it hit both TIFF and VIFF to critical acclaim. Now the film is screening this weekend on a brief stop here by la Tournée Québec Cinéma, presented by Visions Ouest Productions and l’Alliance Française. The screening is free but you have to RSVP here.
Check it out to see how both Louis-Seize and her young star have perfected a unique tonal balance that hits somewhere between teen comedy-horror and sweet coming-of-age tale—and done it with atmospheric nocturnal style to burn.
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