Extraordinary Person
Sarah is thirty, gorgeous, smart, and can get anything she wants. She is just a bit awkward in social situations, which leads to the inevitable consequences of a hen party that she didn’t even want to attend. Secrets are revealed and old friendships are ruined...
- Canada
- 2013, 29 min
- Director: Monia Chokri
- Director of photography: Josée Deshaies
- Editor: Xavier Dolan
- Screenplay: Monia Chokri
- Music: Clara Furey, Frederic Lambert
- Cast: Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Anne Dorval, Sophie Cadieux, Émilie Bibeau
- Producer: Nancy Grant
- Production: Metafilms
Monia Chokri
Monia Chokri is a Canadian screenwriter and actress known, among other things, from Xavier Dolan’s films Heartbeats and Laurence Anyways. She made her directing debut with the remarkable short film An Extraordinary Person (2013), which earned numerous international awards. Her feature film debut La Femme de mon frère premiered in 2019 in competition as part of Un certain regard at the Cannes film festival.