''A Sentimental Capitalism'' () is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by
Olivier Asselin
Olivier Asselin is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. He is most noted for his films '' The Moving Statue (La Liberté d'une statue)'', which was the winner of the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des ...
Paris
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in the 1920s who unwittingly becomes the cause of the Wall Street crash of 1929 after businessman Victor Feldman (Alex Bisping) bets two of his colleagues that he can sell her on the financial market despite her lack of tangible artistic output.
The film's cast also includes
Paul Ahmarani
Paul Ahmarani (born 1972) is a Canadian actor. Ahmarani is known for his roles in the movies '' The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge'' (''La Moitié gauche du frigo'') and '' How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause'' (''Comment ma mère accou ...
, Frank Fontaine,
Sylvie Moreau
Sylvie Moreau (), is a Canadian actress.
Biography
At 18, in order to prove to herself that she could earn a living as an actress, she left for a one-year trip to Europe with only eight hundred dollars in her pocket and a "one-way" plane ticke ...
,
Anne Létourneau
Anne Létourneau (born August 31, 1958) is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec. Carole Corbeil, "Plouffes' sin and sex ring true, says Anne". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 25, 1981. She is most noted for her performance as Rita Toulo ...
, Harry Standjofski and Steve Barry.
The film premiered on October 8, 2008, as the opening film of the
Festival du nouveau cinéma
The Festival du nouveau cinéma or FNC (English: ''Festival of New Cinema'') is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, featuring independent films from around the world. Over 160,000 people attend each year. One of ...
. It was regarded by some critics as prophetic, as the
2008 financial crisis
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was in full swing by the time of its release.
Isabelle Malenfant received a
Jutra Award Jutras may have several meanings :
* Claude Jutra: an award-winning French Canadian filmmaker
**Jutra Award: Film awards formerly given in the Canadian province of Quebec, named after the filmmaker and now known as Prix Iris
**The Claude Jutra Awa ...