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Emporte-moi (Set Me Free)

Emporte-moi (Set Me Free) (1998)

tomatometer

100

Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 0

No consensus yet.

audience

76

liked it
Average Rating: 3.7/5
User Ratings: 80

My Rating

Movie Info

Swiss born Léa Pool, who settled in Montreal, Quebec in 1975, set her sixth feature film, Emporte-Moi, in Mile's End, Montreal's working class district, in the year 1963. Hanna is a thirteen-year-old girl who is mesmerized by Anna Karina's portrayal of Nana S. in Jean-Luc Godard's film Vivre sa Vie. She thinks Nana S. looks like her teacher, with whom she hopes to establish a special bond. Hanna has her share of problems at home. Her father (Miki Manojiovic) is a stateless Jew and an

Unrated,

Art House & International, Drama

Léa Pool

Oct 24, 2000

Criterion Collection

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All Critics (22) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (3)

The most remarkable quality about it is that the movie actually has a subject.

February 14, 2001 Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee
Sacramento Bee
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In some of its details, it resembles Francois Truffaut's The 400 Blows.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Tells its story so effectively through pictures it's barely necessary to read the subtitles.

January 1, 2000
New York Post
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Director Lea Pool has fashioned an engaging film about one girl's coming of age.

March 13, 2002 Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice
Spirituality and Practice

Well-made but old hat.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine

The performances in Set Me Free are all gentle, lovely creations that are of a piece with the film's humanistic touch.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle

A disarming, recognizable slice of life.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Film Journal International
Film Journal International

Audience Reviews for Emporte-moi (Set Me Free)

A superb addition to the Quebec canon brought to you by Lea Pool who is very successful at bringing out strong emotions from her actors. Karine Vanasse is the beneficiary of her guidance.
May 17, 2013
John Ballantine

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I found it to be a moving little French-Canadian film. Telling a pretty common story kind of took away from it being a truely superior film.
February 4, 2006
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