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NORTH OF ALBANY

By Marianne FARLEY

APL FILM - as SALES All rights, World

LGBT - Completed 2023

Annie’s car breaks down while fleeing south of the border with her son and daughter. Stranded for days in a small Adirondack town, Annie forges unlikely bonds with a small-town mechanic and his family, impelling her to confront the real reason she’s on the run.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- LGBT, Drama
- Countries
- CANADA
- Languages
- ENGLISH, FRENCH
- Budget
- N/A
- Duration
- 107 mn
- Director(s)
- Marianne FARLEY
- Writer(s)
- Claude BRIE, Marianne FARLEY
- Cast
- Céline BONNIER, Zeneb BLANCHET, Rick ROBERTS
- Producer(s)
- Benoit BEAULIEU (SLYKID & SKYKID), Marianne FARLEY (SLYKID & SKYKID)
- Synopsis
- Annie frantically flees Montreal for the US with her young son, Felix and teenage daughter, Sarah, fearing the repercussions after Sarah severely injures her school bully. When their car breaks down just outside a small town in the Adirondacks, the family is stranded. Paul, a single father and the town’s lone mechanic, isn’t able to fix the car until he gets the part that’s needed. Annie’s stubborn insistence to leave town at all costs comes head-to-head with Paul’s unwillingness to give in. When Sarah realizes that her secret is out in the open, she runs away, forcing Annie and Paul to join forces to find her. When Paul’s traumatic past is revealed, Annie realizes that she is not the only one running and comes to terms with facing the music.