North of Albany

North of Albany (2022)

Au nord d'Albany

Annie frantically flees Montreal for the US with her young son, Felix and teenage daughter, Sarah, fearing the repercussions after Sarah severely injures her school bully. When their car breaks down just outside a small town in the Adirondacks, the family is stranded. Paul, a single father and the town's lone mechanic, isn't able to fix the car until the following week. Annie's stubborn insistence to leave town at all costs comes head-to-head with Paul's unwillingness to give in. When Sarah realizes that her secret is out in the open, she runs away, forcing Annie and Paul to join forces to find her. When Paul's traumatic past is revealed, Annie realizes that she is not the only one running and comes to terms with facing the music.

Date of release
2022-12-02
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Marianne Farley

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Montreal, Châteauguay, Sutton, Abercorn, and Laurentides

North of Albany is a 2022 Canadian drama film directed by Marianne Farley from a screenplay she co-wrote with Claude Brie. It stars Céline Bonnier, Zeneb Blanchet, and Eliott Plamondon as a Canadian family who run away to the United States. The film was shot in the province of Quebec in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in late 2020. The film premiered at Cinéfest on September 19, 2022, and was released in theaters on December 2, 2022, by Maison 4:3.

Production

In June 2019, Telefilm Canada revealed three films, including North of Albany, it would fund in the upcoming months. In December 2019, SODEC announced they would also finance it. Marianne Farley got the idea for the film after her car broke down close to the Adirondack Park while she was visiting her brother in the US. Calling the mishap a "shitty adventure", Farley wrote the initial screenplay with her then-spouse Claude Brie.

The village of Abercorn, Quebec, stood in for the Adirondacks. Principal photography, delayed several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, began on October 7, 2020, and concluded on November 16. The crew followed COVID-19 safety protocols by wearing masks, practicing social distancing and receiving frequent temperature measurements while working.

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