''An Extraordinary Person'' (french: Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by
Monia Chokri
Monia Chokri (born 27 June 1982) is a Canadian actress and film director.
Life and career
Born in Quebec City in 1982, she began her acting career after she completed her studies at Montreal's Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in 2005. Her mother is ...
Voir
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'', July 17, 2013. The film stars
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau (born August 18, 1982) is a Canadian actress and television host.
Biography
Magalie Lépine-Blondeau studied theater at Cégep de Saint-Laurent, then at The National Theater School of Canada. After she obtained her d ...
as Sarah, a brilliant academic who suffers from severe
social anxiety
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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
Anne Dorval
Anne Dorval (; born November 8, 1960) is a French-Canadian television, stage, and film actress. She is known for her work with Xavier Dolan that includes appearing in five of his films, ''I Killed My Mother'' (2009), '' Heartbeats'' (2010), ''Laur ...
,
Sophie Cadieux
Sophie Cadieux (born August 25, 1977) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her role as Valérie Danault in the television series ''Lâcher prise'', for which she won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 201 ...
,
Evelyne Brochu
Evelyne Brochu (born November 17, 1982) is a Canadian actress. 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 ''Orphan Black.''
Early l ...
,
Anne-Élisabeth Bossé
Anne-Élisabeth Bossé is a Canadian actress from Repentigny, Quebec.
,
Laurence Leboeuf
Laurence Charlotte Leboeuf (born December 13, 1985) is a Canadian actress.
Biography
Leboeuf was born on December 13, 1985 in Montreal, Quebec. She went to École Notre-Dame-de-Grâce for elementary and later on, she went to Villa Maria for hig ...
,
Marilyn Castonguay
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and
Anne-Marie Cadieux
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.
The film premiered at the 2013
Locarno Festival
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, and was named in the
Toronto International Film Festival
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's annual year-end
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CBC News
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, December 3, 2013. It won the
Prix Jutra
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Best Short Film at the
16th Jutra Awards The 16th Prix Jutra ceremony was held on March 23, 2014 at the Monument-National theatre in Montreal, Quebec, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2013. Nominations were announced in January.Éric Moreault"Prix Jutra: Louis Cyr champion ...