''An Extraordinary Person'' () is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Monia Chokri and released in 2013.Julie Ledoux
"Le court métrage Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire de Monia Chokri en compétition au Festival du film de Locarno"
''

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'', July 17, 2013. The film stars

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as Sarah, a brilliant academic who suffers from severe

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but must cope with seeing many old friends at her colleague's engagement party."Chutes extraordinaires et royaumes mortels: 7 courts métrages québécois de La distributrice de films". ''24 images'', Vol. 172 (June/July 2015). The film's cast also includes

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, Sophie Cadieux,

Evelyne Brochu Evelyne Brochu (born November 17, 1982) is a Canadian actress and singer-songwriter. In 2013, she became well known for her English-speaking role as Delphine Cormier, a French scientist on the hit Canadian science fiction thriller TV series ''Or ...

Anne-Élisabeth Bossé Anne-Élisabeth Bossé is a Canadian actress from Repentigny, Quebec.

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, Marilyn Castonguay and

Anne-Marie Cadieux Anne-Marie Cadieux (born September 23, 1963) is a Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won a Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing)'' and in 2008 was nominated for a Genie A ...

. The film premiered at the 2013

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, and was named in the

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's annual year-end

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list as one of the ten best Canadian short films of 2013."TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle"

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, December 3, 2013. It won the

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for Best Short Film at the

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References

External links

* 2013 short films 2013 films Films directed by Monia Chokri French-language Canadian films Canadian drama short films 2010s Canadian films Best Live Action Short Film Jutra and Iris Award winners {{2010s-Canada-film-stub