Stony Brook Film Festival

TUESDAY, JULY 26 AT 9:15 PM

STAY WITH ME
(Reste avec moi)

East Coast Premiere—Canada—98 minutes

In French with subtitles.

Directed by Robert Ménard. Written by Claire Wojas.
With Gerard Poirier, Danielle Proulx, Vincent
Bilodeau, Louis Morissette, Maxime Roy, Julie
Perreault, Alexandre Sicard, and Joseph Antaki.

In this poignant ensemble film, lives are shaken and adversity forces the characters to reexamine what bonds them to others. Stay With Me tells the interconnected stories of people grappling with
tragedies that they did not see coming.

Produced by Claude Bonin. Director of Photography: Daniel Jobin. In competition from eOne Films International.

Accompanying Short Film:

THE ABSENCE

N.Y. Premiere—U.S.A.—29 minutes

A film by Alex DeMille.

A corporate bureaucrat is sent to a mysterious town, where he confronts the devastating consequences of his work. Shot primarily on location on Long Island, including the Oheka Castle in Huntington and several local farms in
Southhold.