''File 13'' () is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by

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and released in 2010.Charles-Henri Ramond
"Filière 13 – Film de Patrick Huard"
''Films du Québec'', July 3, 2010. The film centres on Thomas ( Claude Legault), Benoît (

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) and Jean-François ( Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge), three bumbling police officers who unexpectedly stumble into an opportunity to try to capture Fecteau (

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), a high-ranking figure in the

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who has managed to elude arrest for several years. The supporting cast includes Élisabeth Locas, Marie Turgeon,

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, André Sauvé, Sharlene Royer, Laurent Paquin, Carmen Ferlan,

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, Luc Senay, Jean Petitclerc, Annick Léger, Widemir Normil, Daniel Boucher and Emmanuel Auger.

Production

The film was made by the same production team, and featured the same three primary stars, as ''

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(Les 3 p'tits cochons)'', but was not a sequel. It was originally slated to be directed by Louis Choquette, under the title ''Operation Tablet'', with Huard coming in as director after Choquette dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. Choquette had cast Legault as Jean-François and Lemay-Thivierge as Thomas, with Huard choosing to swap their roles as he felt they fit the actors better. It went into production in

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in fall 2009.

Release

The film had been slated to premiere on August 6, 2010, with its premiere advanced to August 4 at the last minute. Although the film was commercially successful, surpassing the $1 million benchmark for commercial success in the Quebec market within 10 days of its release, it was poorly received by critics, who virtually all compared it directly to ''The 3 L'il Pigs'' and asserted that it had failed to capture the same qualities that made the earlier film successful. It has not been publicly stated whether the critical failure of ''File 13'' was a factor in Huard not returning as director of '' The 3 L'il Pigs 2'' in 2016.

Awards

Simon Poudrette, Christian Rivest and Dominique Delguste received a

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nomination for

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at the

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in 2011."La liste complète des nominations aux Jutra 2011"
''

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'', March 11, 2011.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1576686 2010 films 2010 crime comedy films Canadian crime comedy films 2010s Canadian films Quebec films Films set in Quebec Films shot in Quebec French-language Canadian films