''City of Shadows'' (french: La Cité) is a Canadian drama film, directed by
Kim Nguyen
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's novel '' The Plague'', the film stars Jean-Marc Barr as Maxime Vincent, a war doctor serving in North Africa who comes across a city dealing with an outbreak of
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.
The cast also includes
Claude Legault
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Biography
Legault was a star (2000-2003) of the Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation and has since appeared regularly on television, stage and film. He was part ...
Sabine Karsenti
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,
Lotfi Abdelli
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Biography
Lotfi Abdelli started his artistic career as a dancer in Tunis Conservatory, under the direction of Anne-Marie Sellami, and ...
and
Lotfi Dziri
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Filmography
*2011 : ''Black Gold'' by Jean-Jacques Annaud
*2010 : '' City of Shadows (La Cité)'' by Kim Nguyen
*2010 : ''The String
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The film was shot in
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in 2008, but commercial release was delayed until 2010 by financial problems at original distributor Christal Films.
It received five
Jutra Award
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, for
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(Nguyen),
Best Cinematography
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Nicolas Bolduc
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Best Art Direction
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Patrice Vermette
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Mariane Carter
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