ANNE TRISTER
by Léa Pool , Fiction, 115', 1986, 35mm, CANADA / QUEBEC
With Albane Guilhe, Louise Marleau, Lucie Laurier, Guy Thauvette, Hugues Quester, Kim Yaroshevskaya

After the death of her father, Anne Trister, a twenty-five jewish painter woman, triggers a series of ruptures, leaving behind her life-long companion and lover, and her mother. Arriving in Québec, she moves in with a friend, Alix, a 40 year-old psychologist. Taking over a vacant building, she creates a gigantic environmental fresco, setting aside all notions of dimension and perspective, playing with illusion and emotions.

LEA POOL
Born in Soglio, Switzerland, Lea Pool immigrated to Canada in 1975. Pool listed teaching at the Université du Québec in Montréal among her professional and artistic accomplishments. In 1979, she made the black-and-white feature Strass Café and La Femme de l'hôtel that enlisted a number of awards in France and in Quebec. The semi-autobiographical film Anne Trister is the third and last part of the triptyque; this film's main themes are identity, exile and Jewishness. Her films garnered a number of awards including the Prix du Public (Créteil 1986). The filmmaker is known for putting all of herself into her work, infusing her films with her passion and emotions.