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"A l’origine d’un cri – Film de Robin Aubert"
''Films du Québec'', August 24, 2010. The film centres on a grief-stricken widower ( Michel Barrette) who unexpectedly digs up his dead wife's corpse and runs off with it, forcing his father (

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) and son ( Patrick Hivon) to set off in an attempt to find him before he gets arrested or commits suicide. The film's cast also includes Alexis Martin, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Charlotte Laurier, Micheline Bernard and Bénédicte Décary. The film was shot in the spring and summer of 2009, in Vaudreuil and the

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region of Quebec. The film premiered on September 10, 2010, at the

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, before going into commercial release on September 24.

Critical response

Brendan Kelly of the ''

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'' wrote that "Aubert delivers some striking images along the way, including many of the province's seedier roadside motels. But a lot of this doesn't work, most notably the device of continually showing a gang of ghostlike figures that appear to be following Barrette's character around. There's more dysfunction here than you can shake a stick at, but for those of us who've seen more than our fair share of angst-ridden Canadian flicks, there's a sense of deja-vu all over again to this. The best thing here is the three actors. Barrette, best-known for light comic roles, is totally convincing as this heartbroken man, and Hivon is also good as a guy bent on self-destruction. But the standout is Lapointe, who is just wonderful as the grizzled old codger who has no patience with his neurotic son and grandson."Brendan Kelly, "Jean Lapointe slaps life into a dysfunctional family". ''

'', September 24, 2010.

Awards

Lapointe won the

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for Best Supporting Actor at the

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, and the film was nominated for Best Screenplay (Aubert) and Best Editing ( Carina Baccanale).Mélanie Marquis, "«Incendies» rafle tout sur son passage à la 13e soirée des Jutra".

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, March 13, 2011. Although Aubert did not receive a nomination for

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, winner

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asserted in his acceptance speech that Aubert should have been the winner.

References

External links

* {{Robin Aubert 2010 films 2010 drama films 2010s drama road movies Canadian drama road movies Films directed by Robin Aubert Films shot in Quebec Films set in Quebec French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films