docufiction
Docufiction (or docu-fiction) is the cinematographic combination of documentary and fiction, this term often meaning narrative film. It is a film genre which attempts to capture reality such as it is (as direct cinema or cinéma vérité) and ...
Renaud Lessard
Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (), known as Renaud (), born 11 May 1952, is a French singer, songwriter and actor. His characteristically 'broken' voice makes for a very distinctive vocal style. Several of his songs are popular classics in F ...
and released in 2018. Set in the rural
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Places and jurisdictions Canada
*Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality
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region of western
Quebec
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, the film stars Ève-Marie Martin as Lindsay Labine, a young girl who is feeling alienated because her father would not take her
hunting
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with her older brothers; hanging out with her friend Justine (Zoé Audet), the girls' lives may be transformed when they unexpectedly find an abandoned winning lottery ticket.
The film's cast also includes
Charlotte Aubin
Charlotte Aubin (born September 4, 1991 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the film '' Isla Blanca'', for which she received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Actress at the 20th Quebec C ...
,
Emmanuel Bilodeau
Emmanuel Bilodeau (born August 29, 1964) is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performances in the 2000 film ''Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)'', for which he won the Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 4th Ju ...
,
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse
Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse (born August 16, 1991) is a Canadian actress from Quebec, most noted for her leading role as Donalda in the 2016-2021 television drama series ''Les Pays d'en haut''. The role garnered her a Gémeaux Award nomination for Bes ...
,
Antoine Pilon
Antoine Pilon (born July 9, 1993) is a Canadian actor from Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec. He is most noted for his role as Émile Lapointe in the television drama series ''Nouvelle adresse'', for which he was a Gémeaux Award nominee for Best ...
and
Julianne Côté
Julianne Côté (born May 7, 1990) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for her Canadian Screen Award-nominated performance in the 2014 film ''You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)''.
Her other roles have included the televisio ...
.
The film premiered in October 2018 at the
Festival du nouveau cinéma
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, and won the Grand Prix Focus Quebec/Canada. It went into general theatrical release in 2019.
The film was a nominee for the
John Dunning Best First Feature Award
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at the
8th Canadian Screen Awards
The 8th annual Canadian Screen Awards were originally scheduled to be held on March 29, 2020, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2019.Prix Iris
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 First Film at the
22nd Quebec Cinema Awards The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. Abenaki docume ...