''Mourning for Anna'' (, ) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Catherine Martin and released in 2010. The film stars Guylaine Tremblay as Françoise, a woman struggling to recover emotionally after the murder of her daughter Anna. The film's cast also includes Denis Bernard,

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and

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Critical response

The film was named to the

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's year-end

Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema". ''Welland Tribune'', November 23, ...

list for 2010. The film received two

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nominations at the

13th Jutra Awards The 13th Jutra Awards were held on March 13, 2011 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2010. Nominations were announced on February 9.Marc Cassivi"Soirée des Jutra: Incendies, favori d'un cru relevé" '' La Pr ...

, for

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(Tremblay) and

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(

Michel La Veaux Michel La Veaux (born January 21, 1955, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. He is most noted for his work on the films '' The Dismantling (Le Démantèlement)'', for which he won the Jutra Award for Best ...

)."«Incendies» est en tête avec dix nominations en vue des Jutra: «Incendies» est cité dix fois aux Jutra".

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, February 9, 2011.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 1667904 2010 films Canadian drama films Films directed by Catherine Martin French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films Films scored by Robert Marcel Lepage