LOLA AND I is the poetic story of a friendship. One that starts with hate, blooms with love and ends with death...
Kindhearted bookseller, Annie goes to great lengths to make everyone happy, neglecting her well-being. Introverted, and a bit OCD, she's passionate about Leonard Cohen, who even appears to her in the bookstore. And what's more, Annie has the ability to create imaginary worlds around her when reading his poems. Lola, a high-spirited vamp-looking publicist, collects lovers to heal the wounds of a dysfunctional childhood, becomes Annie's new landlord and enemy. One escapes with poetry, the other with love affairs. Opposite sides of the same coin, their difficulty in loving themselves and opening up to others, binds them. When Lola has a rare illness and Annie is forced to be by her side at the hospital, Annie uses her ability to weave chimerical universes to ease Lola's pain (but above all her own). Lola needs to let go of the past before it's too late to finally love herself. Annie must unburden her heart to Lola, accept she might die and learn to cope with the real world. Although tragic, Lola’s illness and death offer both women an opportunity for redemption and mutual healing of the soul.
A screenwriter/director, Yanie teaches acting direction at Montreal’s Film&Sound Institute and gives cinema workshops to kids around the world.
She was 1 of 8 women filmmakers in Canada selcted for the Academy of Canadian Cinema’s Woman Directors Program,
Yanie’s films blend drama, comedy, poetry and magical realism, offering unique views of the world.
Her short film INDIAN SUMMER, was shortlisted for Quebec's Iris prizes best short, and won Best Original Screenplay and Best Director in Malaga.
Her short film essay MY LIFE’S LITTLE THINGS has been screened in theaters via the "Woman's view" programme, as well as in art galleries.
The autobiographical shorts films series YANIE IN PARIS has been broadcast on France’s Canal+ and Quebec's ARTV
Her LOLA&I feature film screenplay was the only Canadian script selected for Cannes Film Festival's Screenwriters Pavilion
SMILE TV, a non-verbal episodic comedy series she co-wrote and directed is now airing on in-flight entertainment systems worldwide.
Yanie has just completed her 1st feature film 1+1+1 LIFE, LOVE, CHAOS, a Telefilm TALENT TO WATCH recipient.
She’s now preparing her next film, poetic dramedy LOLA&I, co-produced with France.
SODEC, 20215 - WRITING GRANT
Cannes Film Festival, 2016, Screenwriters Pavillon
Producer - Annie Blais
Producer - Alexandre Charlet
Actor - Guylaine Trembaly
Writer/Director - Yanie Dupont-Hébert
Production Designer - Greg Nowak
