''The Days'' (french: Les Jours) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by
Maxime Giroux
Maxime Giroux (born 16 April 1976) is a film director from Quebec, Canada.
Giroux was born in Montreal, Quebec. He has directed several short films, videoclips and commercial videos. In 2006, his film '' The Days (Les Jours)'' won the prize for be ...
and released in 2006. The film stars
Gildor Roy
Gildor Roy (born May 11, 1960) is a Canadian actor. Gildor is the brother of Québécois actors Luc Roy, Yvon Roy and Maxim Roy.
Biography
He is the ex-owner of a baseball - of which he was a player at first base - club in the Dominican Rep ...
as a grieving father going through a rapid cycle of emotions after his daughter is found dead in the forest.
The film's cast also includes
Martin Dubreuil
Martin Dubreuil (born May 26, 1972) is a Canadians, Canadian actor and musician from Quebec.
, Denise Charest and Clément Sasseville.
The film premiered at the
2006 Toronto International Film Festival
The 31st Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 7 to September 16, 2006. Opening the festival was Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn's ''The Journals of Knud Rasmussen'', a film that "explores the history of the through the eyes of a ...
Jutra Award
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 Live Action Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under various names, since 1957.
From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, "Best Short Subject, One- ...
at the
9th Jutra Awards The 9th Jutra Awards were held on February 18, 2007 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2006."Prix Jutra 2007: récapitulatif" ''Films du Québec'', December 26, 2008.