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Synopsis
À CONTRE COEUR Former university friends and secret lovers Norah and Paradi (now in their 50's) reunite amidst personal turmoil. Paradi's dark revelation of a crime she has committed threatens their newfound connection, and her immigration status while Norah's choosing to divorce her husband strains family dynamics. Against the backdrop of new political tension, personal choices intersect with larger forces, leading to an emotionally charged climax at a historic Old Montréal rally.
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Bio
Deborah Goodwin has written for Emmy-winning and Independent Spirit Award nominated Producers, and for shows like the cult favorite horror series “Tales from The Cryptkeeper.” She is a Film Independent (FIND) and IFP lab (The Gotham) fellow, best known for her horror fable Vampires in Venice, (Marché du Film Cannes) and The Pastor, an action-drama released by Fathom Events and AMC. Deborah is a Sundance Institute Co//ab advisor and screenwriting professor at NYU/Tisch and Brooklyn College, recently she wrote and co-created the noir-crime series Hot Freeze, based on IP of the same title, the pilot sold to Canadian producer Nomadic (Fargo, Van Helsing, Hell on Wheels) Deborah spent a decade in development in Hollywood before getting traction as a screenwriter and independent filmmaker, selling her first animated spec and winning the Grand Jury Prize at Urbanworld Film Festival. Most recently - Deborah created and launched the scripted podcast/audio series Fear, A Love Story rated among the top 100 fiction podcasts in 2022 with over 78,000 downloads on Apple in S1 — 2022 - S2 —2023 and S3 2025 launched with an 9/10 on Amazon, now available on all platforms.
Credits
Writer - Deborah Goodwin
Director - Francine Zuckerman
