

Sarah Prefers to Run
2013-05-21 · 96 min · ★ 5.9
When Sarah has a chance to go to a first class university and to join its premiere athletic club, her suburban mother is fearful of the change and refuses to help financially. But Sarah's roommate knows that they will get a grant if they marry. Sarah agrees but only to discover that her true heart lies elsewhere. Sarah prefers to run.
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- Directors
- Chloé Robichaud
- Production companies
- La Boîte à Fanny
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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Sophie DesmaraisSarah
Jean-Sébastien CourchesneAntoine
Geneviève Boivin-RoussyZoey
Hélène FlorentIsabelle
Micheline LanctôtEntraîneure McGill
Ève DuranceauFanny
Pierre-Luc LafontaineSean
Benoît GouinRichard
France PilotteGreffière
Fred-Eric SalvailMédecin
Joseph BelleroseCardiologue
Catherine RenaudEntraîneure junior
Julianne CôtéFrançoise (athlète collégiale 1)
Alexa-Jeanne DubéCamille (athlète collégiale 2)
Carla TurcotteLaurence (athlète collégiale 3)
Artur GorishtiFleuriste
André BeaupréGérant du resto
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