Pink Lake (film)

Pink Lake is a Canadian drama film, directed by Emily Gan and Daniel Schachter and released in 2020.[1] The film centres on Sam (Charles Brook) and Cora (Alysa Touati), a couple whose relationship is tested when Sam's old friend Nadia (Marie-Marguerite Sabongui) visits to request that Sam become a sperm donor so that she can be a mother.[2]

Pink Lake
Directed byEmily Gan
Daniel Schachter
Written byEmily Gan
Daniel Schachter
Produced byEmily Gan
Daniel Schachter
Jacob Potashnik
StarringCharles Brook
Alysa Touati
Marie-Marguerite Sabongui
CinematographyNathalie Moliavko-Visotzky
Edited byEmily Gan
Daniel Schachter
Jared Curtis
Geoff Klein
Music byMichael Feuerstack
Production
companies
Downtown Balat
Headstrong Films
Distributed byFilmoption International
Release date
  • September 24, 2020 (2020-09-24) (VIFF)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film was written by Gan and Schachter based in part on their own real-life relationship debates about whether they were ready to have kids, and shot in 2019 at Brook's cottage on Pink Lake in the Outaouais region of Quebec.[3] Apart from Sabongui and a small supporting appearance by Sophie Desmarais, it was acted principally by non-professional actors.[3]

The film premiered in the True North program at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival.[4] Due to the disruptions of film distribution caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, however, it did not go into commercial release until 2022.[5]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Pink Lake – Film de Emily Gan et Daniel Schachter". Films du Québec, May 22, 2022.
  2. Claudia Blais-Thompson, "Pink Lake: huis clos sur la famille non traditionnelle". Le Droit, May 27, 2022.
  3. Mike Cohen, "New film Pink Lake dramatizes a true story of when a friend asks another to be her sperm donor". The Suburban, June 2, 2022.
  4. "Première mondiale de Pink Lake au VIFF". Ici Radio-Canada Première, September 25, 2020.
  5. "« Pink Lake », d’Emily Gan et Daniel Schachter, à l’affiche dès le 27 mai 2022". CTVM, May 26, 2022.


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