''Mad Dog and the Butcher'' (french: Les Derniers vilains) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by
Thomas Rinfret and released in 2019. The film is a portrait of the
Vachon family
The Vachon family is a French-Canadian family long associated with professional wrestling in Canada and the United States, headed by Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon, his brother Paul "Butcher" Vachon - both longtime NWA and AWA veterans - and their sis ...
of professional
wrestlers
Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat spo ...
, including
Maurice "Mad Dog" Vachon and
Paul "Butcher" Vachon.
The film premiered at the
Quebec City Film Festival
Quebec City Film Festival (french: Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec) (FCVQ or QCFF) is a film festival held annually in September in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It screens short and feature films and premieres movies from all over the ...
(FCVQ) in September 2019.
Awards
At the FCVQ, the film won the Prix Jury cinéphile for best first film.
The film received three
Prix Iris
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in 2020, for
Best Documentary Film,
Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Dominic Dorval, Vincent Masse, Thomas Rinfret, Richard Tremblay) and
Best Editing in a Documentary (Benoit Côté, Thomas Rinfret).
"Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix"
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, June 10, 2020.
References
External links
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2019 films
Canadian sports documentary films
Canadian wrestling films
Quebec films
Professional wrestling documentary films
2010s Canadian films
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