Ariane Louis-Seize on Her Venice Winner ‘Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person’ and the Thirst for Human Connection
variety.comSavina Petkova A vampire with qualms about killing to survive is no longer a figure exclusive to the “Twilight” franchise, when a Canadian French-language debut places a teenage girl in a tricky situation, torn between what the world demands of her and what she herself wants.
The film’s title is eloquent enough — “Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person” — and it already won Ariane Louis-Seize the best director prize at this year’s Venice Days, and was praised for a “strong directorial vision.” The film screened as part of the main competition at the Thessaloniki Film Festival last week. “Humanist Vampire” is a contemporary gothic tale, a coming-of-age story, and a comedy-drama all at the same time.
It stars Sara Montpetit of Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight entry “Falcon Lake” as the fanged protagonist, Sasha, and Félix-Antoine Bénard as the consenting suicidal person, Paul.
Louis-Seize co-wrote the script together with Christine Doyon and the producers are Jeanne-Marie Poulain and Line Sander Egede of the Montreal-based company Art et Essai.
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