22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 19-23, 2025

Allure

Canada, 2017: 105 minutes: Alberta Premiere
Archives 2018
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Globe Cinema
Fri, Apr 20 9:15 PM Buy

description

Laura (Evan Rachel Wood) works as a house cleaner for her father’s company but her personal life is not so pristine. Rough around the edges, looking for love in all the wrong places, her heartbreaking behavior points to hardships of the past. One day on the job, in yet another house, Laura meets Eva (Julia Sarah Stone), a quiet teenager unhappy with her disciplined life. In Eva, Laura rediscovers an innocent tenderness. In Laura, Eva finds a thrilling rebel who can bring her into unknown territories. The mutual attraction soon morphs into obsession as Laura convinces Eva to run away and secretly come live with her. As their world closes in, they must unearth certain truths to find a way out.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Toronto International Film Festival 2017
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2017
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2018

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Jason Sanchez is a fine-art photographer and filmmaker from Montreal. He studied at Concordia University with his brother Carlos. Their work is housed in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, among others. ALLURE is his feature debut.

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Carlos Sanchez is a fine-art photographer and filmmaker from Montreal. He studied at Concordia University with his brother Jason. Their work is housed in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, among others. ALLURE is his feature debut.

press for Allure

"Tightly written and sensitively rendered, the devastating film is propelled by masterful performances, led by a bewitching Wood in the role she was born to play."
- indieWire

details

Drama / First Feature / LGBTQ+ / Thriller / Suspense

English
105 minutes

credits

Directors
Jason Sanchez
Carlos Sanchez

Producers
Luc Déry
Kim McCraw

Screenwriters
Carlos Sanchez
Jason Sanchez

Editing
Jesse Riviere
Elisabeth Olga Tremblay

Cinematographer
Sara Mishara

Cast
Evan Rachel Wood
Julia Sarah Stone
Denis O''Hare
Maxim Roy

Music
Olivier Alary

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