---
title: 'Set Me Free (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Léa Pool'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Switzerland'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/set-me-free-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0148103/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Set Me Free (1999)

1999 · 95 min · Drama · France, Switzerland, Canada

Original title: Emporte-moi

## Synopsis

Set Me Free is a 1999 Canadian coming-of-age drama film by Léa Pool and starring Karine Vanasse. It tells the story of Hanna, a girl struggling with her sexuality and the depression of both her parents as she goes through puberty in Quebec in 1963. The film heavily references the French new-wave film Vivre sa vie by Jean-Luc Godard.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Nancy Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-huston), [Léa Pool](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-pool), [Monique H. Messier](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-h-messier)
- **Director:** [Léa Pool](https://cinepixo.com/people/lea-pool)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Robyn Schulkowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/robyn-schulkowsky)
- **Producer:** [Lorraine Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorraine-richard), [Alfi Sinniger](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfi-sinniger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jeanne Lapoirie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-lapoirie)
- **Editor:** [Michel Arcand](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-arcand)

## Cast

- [Monique Mercure](https://cinepixo.com/people/monique-mercure)
- [Karine Vanasse](https://cinepixo.com/people/karine-vanasse)
- [Jacques Galipeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacques-galipeau)
- [Michel Albert](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-albert)
- [Pascale Bussières](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascale-bussieres)
- [Gary Boudreault](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-boudreault)
- [Nancy Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-huston)
- [Charlotte Christeler](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-christeler)
- [Miki Manojlović](https://cinepixo.com/people/miki-manojlovic)

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