Heartbeat

Réalisé par Andrea Dorfman

Canada, 2014 (fiction, 93 minutes, couleurs, anglais)

Image : © Mongrel Media

Description du film [en anglais] :
« Stuck in a go-nowhere job and a DOA personal life, a discombobulated twentysomething (singer-songwriter Tanya Davis) finds salvation by returning to her musical roots in this vibrant comedy-drama. »
-- WorldCat (source)

Générique (partiel) :
Scénario :	Andrea Dorfman
Produit par :	Jay Dahl, Bill Niven
Interprètes principaux :	Tanya Davis, Stephanie Clattenburg, Kristin Langille, Glen Matthews, Jackie Torrens, Stewart Legere, Jim Henman, Naomi Blackhall-Butler, Rich Aucoin, Stephanie Johns, Andrea Dymond
Images :	Stéphanie Anne Weber Biron
Montage images :	Thorben Bieger
Société de production :	Northeast Films

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Notes sur Heartbeat

Tourné à Halifax.
Présenté au Toronto International Film Festival en 2014.

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Citations sur Heartbeat [en anglais]

« I think the overlying message [of Heartbeat] is to face yourself and see what it is that you want and not what it is that society tells you that you want. Recognize that life is short and if you have the privilege to find things that make you happy, that's amazing. »
-- Tanya Davis (source)

« Andrea Dorfman's third feature film is an unabashed love letter to Halifax, the city that the Toronto-born filmmaker has called home for much of her adult life. But Heartbeat is quite a bit more ambitious than that. Though the low-budget film may seem like a standard if somewhat unconventional take on love, the film is actually about the need to love yourself by having the courage to embrace your aspirations. »
-- Bruce DeMara (source)

« In a small film like Heartbeat, a production designer becomes the whole art department, though I did work very closely with the director Andrea Dorfman, who has a strong sense of style herself. But basically we [production designers] take care of the look of the film. For example, we accentuate the characters' personalities through textures and colours. We had a theme running through Heartbeat. We started off with a blue, when the main character is fighting herself. As she finds herself she gets brighter, right up to the reds. She's becoming more herself, which is vibrant and outgoing. »
-- Kevin Lewis (source)

« Real-life singer-songwriter [Tanya] Davis feels emotionally genuine and entirely atypical for a female lead. With her short hair and slight overbite, Davis's screen presence straddles the distance between urban hipster and furry woodland creature—in a good way. Much like the film itself [Heartbeat], the actress wears her heart on her sleeve then wipes her runny nose on it, offering the viewer all the human poetry of heartache, and all the goofy comedy of getting over it. »
-- Katherine Monk (source)

« [Heartbeat is] a lovely effort from the Haligonian director Andrea Dorfman—hers is an offbeat, human story that addresses personal risks and life decisions. »
-- Brad Wheeler (source)

Bibliographie sur Heartbeat

Articles de journaux, de revues grand public ou de sites d'information en ligne

DEMARA, Bruce. « Halifax and cast shine in Heartbeat », critique de Heartbeat, Toronto Star, 28 novembre 2014. [en anglais]
DEMARA, Bruce. « Halifax film shoot was a 'real love-in,' director recalls; East Coast director drew on talent from adopted hometown for Heartbeat », entretien avec Andrea Dorfman, Tanya Davis, Toronto Star, 28 novembre 2014. [en anglais]
HALIFAX CHRONICLE-HERALD. « Vital force: Heartbeat pulses with life; Dorfman film starring Davis opens Friday, offering tale of love, change and music », entretien avec Andrea Dorfman, Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 20 novembre 2014. [en anglais]
MONK, Katherine. « Twee and sympathy in thrift-store clothes; The human poetry of heartache, and the goofy comedy of getting over it », critique de Heartbeat, Ottawa Citizen, 12 décembre 2014. [en anglais]
WHEELER, Brad. « Behind the scenes of Halifax-based indie film Heartbeat; Production designer Kevin Lewis talks about Heartbeat's look, and Halifax's breakthrough performance », entretien avec Kevin Lewis, Globe and Mail, 27 novembre 2014. [en anglais]
WHEELER, Brad. « The caged heart breaks out », critique de Heartbeat, Globe and Mail, 28 novembre 2014. [en anglais]
WHEELER, Brad. « Director invites you—and only you », entretien avec Andrea Dorfman, Globe and Mail, 6 septembre 2014. [en anglais]

Sites Web sur Heartbeat

« IMDb: Heartbeat », Internet Movie Database, Inc, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3275082/combined. [en anglais]