''Marius Borodine'' is a Canadian comedy-drama

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, directed by

Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais is a Canadian film director and screenwriter, who won the Claude Jutra Award in 2014 for his film ''Whitewash''. He also won the award for Best New Narrative Director at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, and was a shortlisted ...

and released in 2010. Using a

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format, the film features various people discussing the life and legacy of Marius Borodine, a misunderstood scientific genius who invented a machine that could turn any waste product into potable

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, but was eventually killed by falling into the machine himself. The film stars Wilson Henley as Marius Borodine in childhood, and Vincent Hoss-Desmarais as Marius Borodine in adulthood. The film premiered at the Just for Laughs Film Festival in July 2010. It was subsequently screened at the

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, where it won the Coup de cœur Jury Prize, and at the

2010 Toronto International Film Festival The 35th annual Toronto International Film Festival, (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 9 and September 19, 2010. The opening night gala presented '' Score: A Hockey Musical'', a Canadian comedy-drama musical film. '' La ...

. It was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end

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list for 2010, and received a

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nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

31st Genie Awards The 31st Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 10, 2011 to honour films released in 2010.

."‘Barney’s Version,’ ‘Incendies’ top Genie noms"
''

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'', February 2, 2011.

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* 2010 films Canadian comedy-drama short films Quebec films Canadian mockumentary films French-language Canadian films Canadian science fiction short films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub