On Your Head (French: Le Ciel sur la tête) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by André Melançon and Geneviève Lefebvre and released in 2001.[1] The film stars Arianne Maheu as Simone, a young blind girl living with her single father Marc (Serge Dupire) who is scheming to set him up with a single woman in their town, Céline (Céline Bonnier), so that she can have a new mother.[2]

On Your Head
FrenchLe Ciel sur la tête
Directed byAndré Melançon
Geneviève Lefebvre
Written byGeneviève Lefebvre
Marcel Beaulieu
Produced byYves Fortin
Yves Lafontaine
StarringArianne Maheu
Serge Dupire
Céline Bonnier
Marc Messier
CinematographyThomas Vámos
Edited byYvann Thibaudeau
Music byOsvaldo Montes
Production
companies
BE-FILMS
Productions Thalie
Release date
  • October 19, 2001 (2001-10-19)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Marc Messier as Céline's irascible anarchist father Gaby; Daniel Fanego as Diego, an Argentine pilot who is a rival for Céline's affections; David Boutin as Marc's best friend Fred on whom Simone has a schoolgirl crush; and Maka Kotto as Florent, the town's parish priest.[3]

Osvaldo Montes received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 22nd Genie Awards, for the song "La niebla del tiempo".[4]

References

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  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 43.
  2. ^ Geneviève Royer, "A gutsy girl tells her tale: But it lacks power of persuasion". Montreal Gazette, October 19, 2001.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ciel sur la tête, Le – Film d’André Melançon et Geneviève Lefebvre". Films du Québec, January 5, 2009.
  4. ^ Katherine Monk, "Inuit film takes Genie lead". Vancouver Sun, December 12, 2001.
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