drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Stéphane Lafleur
Stéphane Lafleur (born 1976)
is a French-Canadian film director, editor and musician.Fanny Mallette), a brother and sister who embark on a road trip to their family cottage to retrieve a trailer, only to find their lives impacted by the strange prophecies of a salesman (
Denis Houle
Denis Houle is a Canadian film and television actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''Viking'', for which he received a Prix Iris
Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy ...
) who claims to be a time-traveller from the future.
Sylvain Marcel
Sylvain Marcel (born 1964) is a Canadian actor. Marcel is best known in French Canada for appearing in Familiprix television commercials since 2003, and in English Canada for his role in the hit film '' Bon Cop, Bad Cop'' as Luc Therrien. He has ...
as Alain
*
Denis Houle
Denis Houle is a Canadian film and television actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''Viking'', for which he received a Prix Iris
Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy ...
as L'Homme du futur
* Suzanne Lemoine as Nathalie
Critical response
Robert Bell of ''
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven ...
'' wrote that "even though very little happens, there is something consistently and strangely compelling about Lafleur's sophomore effort. It has to do, in part, with his understanding and perspective of the simple life, as well as his slyly comic framing and intriguing directorial style, which speaks of great things to come."
Awards
The film was the winner of the inaugural
Prix collégial du cinéma québécois The Prix collégial du cinéma québécois is an annual Canadian film award, presented to a film from Quebec judged as the best of the year by a jury of students in film studies programs at the province's CEGEPs.Léa Carrier"Je m’appelle humain re ...
Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Bernard Gariépy Strobl is a Canadian re-recording sound mixer, best known internationally as the supervising re-recording mixer of '' Arrival'' (2016), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound (shared with Claude La Haye and Sylvain Bel ...
received a
Jutra Award Jutras may have several meanings :
* Claude Jutra: an award-winning French Canadian filmmaker
**Jutra Award: Film awards formerly given in the Canadian province of Quebec, named after the filmmaker and now known as Prix Iris
**The Claude Jutra Awa ...