01-11-2022, 09:20 PM
Entry for Best New IDU Film
Corinne
Synopsis: In Seventeenth Century Eiria, in the City of Kōra, a young woman named Corinne lives in some of the most trying times anyone can. Her home city-state is locked in a war with the City of Arandra, an equally large city-state just across the River Naka. Corinne tells the story of the famous Eirian folk heroine who led to the founding of Eiria's biggest city.
The movie starts with Corinne, the daughter of a blacksmith and a jeweler, working in her father's metal forge. Her hammer falls on a red hot sword as she works impurities out of the blade. The viewer sees her folding the sword again before dunking it back in water, revealing a beautiful pattern welded sword. She adds this sword to a collection of other blades on a table, before wrapping them in a cloth bundle.
She enters a large market, dodging merchants and hagglers before reaching a stall manned by her father. He goes through her bundle and puts the blades Corinne had made on the stall racks, examining each one with a satisfied glance. He instructs her to head home and study with her mother, as the streets and markets were becoming less and less safe. She obliges, navigating the narrow alleys of Kōra before arriving home and watching her mother craft intricate jewelry.
That night, as she was supposed to be sleeping, Corinne slipped out of her family's cottage and left the center of the city, heading to a house near Kōra's outskirts. Three of her close friends had gathered at a small table, waiting for her arrival. They drink and play games, seeming truly happy. But as the night winds down, their mood turns somber. They discuss the war with Arandra, which seemed to be locked in a stalemate. One of her friends, a boy named Chapin, informs the group of a rumor that the enemy had gotten new weapons, supposedly as fast as lightning and as loud as thunder. The group brushes these rumors off as preposterous, but the nervous energy in the room is palpable. Each friend soon departs, reluctantly heading back to their homes.
The next morning, Corinne trains with a dull training sword against a training dummy, moving quickly and decisively with every step and blow. Her parents watch her from a distance for a moment before Corinne notices them, setting down her sword and greeting them. They, with looks of pride, present her with the patterned blade she had forged earlier, with a beautiful scabbard and intricate hilt. Her mother had put a large red garnet gemstone in the hilt, surrounded by small yellow citrine gems. She thanks them graciously, swinging the blade a few times to get used to its weight, before resuming her practice with her new blade.
That night, the group of friends meets again, but the news of the day sombers their merriment. The magistrates of Kōra, fearing their foes using their new weapons, had disbanded their army, surrendering to Arandra. The victors planned to forcibly recruit as many strong men and women from Kōra to their army as they could, and they would not be kind to their defeated foes. Chapin informs the group that Arandra’s forces would march across the Naka river in three days, at dawn, and they had been instructed to not resist. Fearing that her father and her friends would be conscripted into a brutal army, Corinne instructs her friends to meet back at their meeting place the night before, and to bring any strong fighters they could find, as well as any weapons they could spare.
Corinne wastes no time, rushing to forge as many weapons as she could in the few days that she has. She barely slept or ate, and she had to sneak out each night to not alert her parents of her plan. By the final night, she had a dozen small weapons, some hastily made in desperation, others originally made for sale weeks ago. Corinne dons her armor and brings her weapons to the meeting house, meeting dozens of fellow Kōra citizens, some with weapons of their own. She distributes the weapons she had brought to weaponless partisans, before leading the group down to a small bridge across the Naka from a neutral island, the last bridge remaining in the area.
They wait for hours, until the sun rises on the horizon, and the echoes of boots marching across the bridge alerts the partisans to their enemy’s army approaching. Just as the banner of the army had crossed the bridge into Kōra territory, Corinne drew her bejeweled sword and shouts, queuing her forces to begin the ambush. Volleys of arrows fly into the surprised Arandran army, who were caught completely off guard. Corinne fights fiercely, but honorably, attempting to disarm and injure anyone she could spare. Corinne was hit in the side by an enemy’s sword, but still kept fighting, forcing the once-large army to turn back and abandon the capture of Kōra.
The small band of partisans were celebrated in Kōra that morning, having saved their city from a fate of oppression and despair. Despite their improbable victory against hundreds of enemies at Diana’s Bridge and their newfound fame, tragedy strikes Corinne’s partisans when her small wound got infected, and she lies dying in a city infirmary. She dies three days after their victory, her family, friends, and sword at her side.
The film zooms out into an aerial view of Kōra and Arandra, and time speeds up as the two cities grow and urbanize, into a famous Eirian skyline. The cities of Kōra and Arandra no longer exist, having been absorbed into the modern day metropolis of Geminus. The camera zooms back in on where Diana's bridge once was, revealing a large statue of Corinne, sword extended towards the sky, surrounded by the city she helped make.
Background: Besides some time frame differences and some artistic liberties, this story is largely true. Corinne Boisclair led three dozen militia members to victory at the Battle of Diana's Bridge, their forces inflicting over two hundred enemy casualties while only losing eleven of their own partisans, including Corinne. Her victory forced the two cities into a stalemate, leading to an agreeable peace agreement that brought the cities peace for centuries. This later helped the cities merge into Geminus during and after the Eiria Wars of Unification.
Corinne is a well-known Eirian folk hero, and helped inspire the Partisan movements that led to the rise of Eirian democracy. Her sword, Sanguine Dawn, is on display in the Geminus Museum of Eirian History. She was also featured on several editions of the ten Lunen note, as well as commemorative single Lunen coins. She is one of the most famous Eirian war heroes of all time.
Other Information:
Directed by: Edgars Rekis
Released in 2021
Languages: Primarily English, some subtitled Eirian segments
Starring:
Alis Kravale as Corinne Boisclair
Aldis Rihters as Pierre Boisclair
Danielle Pierrat as Amélie Boisclair
Stephen Vandel as Chapin Drezet
Aivars Ekmanis as Arandran Commander
Entry for Best Actor in an IDU Film
Alis Kravale for her performance as Corinne Boisclair in Corinne
At 20 years old, Alis Kravale is no stranger to the spotlight. Having scored her first role at fourteen as Adriana Simond in the Atlantis Harbor musical Lei Famēle Simond(The Simond Family), she scored two other lead roles in Atlantis Harbor musicals(Atlantis Harbor being the most prominent theater market in Eiria), as well as a play that was performed at Lei Thēātra Nacōnals in Geminus. Corinne is her first role in a major movie, and her dedication to the role of Corinne Boisclair has earned her much praise in the Eirian movie business.
Corinne
Synopsis: In Seventeenth Century Eiria, in the City of Kōra, a young woman named Corinne lives in some of the most trying times anyone can. Her home city-state is locked in a war with the City of Arandra, an equally large city-state just across the River Naka. Corinne tells the story of the famous Eirian folk heroine who led to the founding of Eiria's biggest city.
The movie starts with Corinne, the daughter of a blacksmith and a jeweler, working in her father's metal forge. Her hammer falls on a red hot sword as she works impurities out of the blade. The viewer sees her folding the sword again before dunking it back in water, revealing a beautiful pattern welded sword. She adds this sword to a collection of other blades on a table, before wrapping them in a cloth bundle.
She enters a large market, dodging merchants and hagglers before reaching a stall manned by her father. He goes through her bundle and puts the blades Corinne had made on the stall racks, examining each one with a satisfied glance. He instructs her to head home and study with her mother, as the streets and markets were becoming less and less safe. She obliges, navigating the narrow alleys of Kōra before arriving home and watching her mother craft intricate jewelry.
That night, as she was supposed to be sleeping, Corinne slipped out of her family's cottage and left the center of the city, heading to a house near Kōra's outskirts. Three of her close friends had gathered at a small table, waiting for her arrival. They drink and play games, seeming truly happy. But as the night winds down, their mood turns somber. They discuss the war with Arandra, which seemed to be locked in a stalemate. One of her friends, a boy named Chapin, informs the group of a rumor that the enemy had gotten new weapons, supposedly as fast as lightning and as loud as thunder. The group brushes these rumors off as preposterous, but the nervous energy in the room is palpable. Each friend soon departs, reluctantly heading back to their homes.
The next morning, Corinne trains with a dull training sword against a training dummy, moving quickly and decisively with every step and blow. Her parents watch her from a distance for a moment before Corinne notices them, setting down her sword and greeting them. They, with looks of pride, present her with the patterned blade she had forged earlier, with a beautiful scabbard and intricate hilt. Her mother had put a large red garnet gemstone in the hilt, surrounded by small yellow citrine gems. She thanks them graciously, swinging the blade a few times to get used to its weight, before resuming her practice with her new blade.
That night, the group of friends meets again, but the news of the day sombers their merriment. The magistrates of Kōra, fearing their foes using their new weapons, had disbanded their army, surrendering to Arandra. The victors planned to forcibly recruit as many strong men and women from Kōra to their army as they could, and they would not be kind to their defeated foes. Chapin informs the group that Arandra’s forces would march across the Naka river in three days, at dawn, and they had been instructed to not resist. Fearing that her father and her friends would be conscripted into a brutal army, Corinne instructs her friends to meet back at their meeting place the night before, and to bring any strong fighters they could find, as well as any weapons they could spare.
Corinne wastes no time, rushing to forge as many weapons as she could in the few days that she has. She barely slept or ate, and she had to sneak out each night to not alert her parents of her plan. By the final night, she had a dozen small weapons, some hastily made in desperation, others originally made for sale weeks ago. Corinne dons her armor and brings her weapons to the meeting house, meeting dozens of fellow Kōra citizens, some with weapons of their own. She distributes the weapons she had brought to weaponless partisans, before leading the group down to a small bridge across the Naka from a neutral island, the last bridge remaining in the area.
They wait for hours, until the sun rises on the horizon, and the echoes of boots marching across the bridge alerts the partisans to their enemy’s army approaching. Just as the banner of the army had crossed the bridge into Kōra territory, Corinne drew her bejeweled sword and shouts, queuing her forces to begin the ambush. Volleys of arrows fly into the surprised Arandran army, who were caught completely off guard. Corinne fights fiercely, but honorably, attempting to disarm and injure anyone she could spare. Corinne was hit in the side by an enemy’s sword, but still kept fighting, forcing the once-large army to turn back and abandon the capture of Kōra.
The small band of partisans were celebrated in Kōra that morning, having saved their city from a fate of oppression and despair. Despite their improbable victory against hundreds of enemies at Diana’s Bridge and their newfound fame, tragedy strikes Corinne’s partisans when her small wound got infected, and she lies dying in a city infirmary. She dies three days after their victory, her family, friends, and sword at her side.
The film zooms out into an aerial view of Kōra and Arandra, and time speeds up as the two cities grow and urbanize, into a famous Eirian skyline. The cities of Kōra and Arandra no longer exist, having been absorbed into the modern day metropolis of Geminus. The camera zooms back in on where Diana's bridge once was, revealing a large statue of Corinne, sword extended towards the sky, surrounded by the city she helped make.
Background: Besides some time frame differences and some artistic liberties, this story is largely true. Corinne Boisclair led three dozen militia members to victory at the Battle of Diana's Bridge, their forces inflicting over two hundred enemy casualties while only losing eleven of their own partisans, including Corinne. Her victory forced the two cities into a stalemate, leading to an agreeable peace agreement that brought the cities peace for centuries. This later helped the cities merge into Geminus during and after the Eiria Wars of Unification.
Corinne is a well-known Eirian folk hero, and helped inspire the Partisan movements that led to the rise of Eirian democracy. Her sword, Sanguine Dawn, is on display in the Geminus Museum of Eirian History. She was also featured on several editions of the ten Lunen note, as well as commemorative single Lunen coins. She is one of the most famous Eirian war heroes of all time.
Other Information:
Directed by: Edgars Rekis
Released in 2021
Languages: Primarily English, some subtitled Eirian segments
Starring:
Alis Kravale as Corinne Boisclair
Aldis Rihters as Pierre Boisclair
Danielle Pierrat as Amélie Boisclair
Stephen Vandel as Chapin Drezet
Aivars Ekmanis as Arandran Commander
Entry for Best Actor in an IDU Film
Alis Kravale for her performance as Corinne Boisclair in Corinne
At 20 years old, Alis Kravale is no stranger to the spotlight. Having scored her first role at fourteen as Adriana Simond in the Atlantis Harbor musical Lei Famēle Simond(The Simond Family), she scored two other lead roles in Atlantis Harbor musicals(Atlantis Harbor being the most prominent theater market in Eiria), as well as a play that was performed at Lei Thēātra Nacōnals in Geminus. Corinne is her first role in a major movie, and her dedication to the role of Corinne Boisclair has earned her much praise in the Eirian movie business.
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