Stardom
– A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous wor..
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
13 Oct 2000
English, French
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Denys Arcand
Denys Arcand, Jacob Potashnik
Jessica Paré, Victoria Snow, Jessica Mackenzie, Macha Grenon
A sports photographer in rural Canada sends a picture of a high school athlete, Tina Menzhal, to a Montréal fashion agency. This starts Tina on a career taking her from Canada to Paris to Montréal again, to Manhattan, to the world, and then home, through two boyfriends, two husbands, and innumerable TV interviews, either with nasty smiling scandalmongers or with gushing witless twits. In nearly every case, Tina never gets to finish a sentence. She has a suave agent, paparazzi are everywhere ("What the celebs forget, there's always a camera," says one), and a documentary filmmaker is on hand as well. What is it that Tina thinks, feels, and wants: will we ever find out?
2 wins & 7 nominations.
Lions Gate Releasing