''The Dismantling'' (french: Le Démantèlement), also released in the United States under the title ''The Auction'', is a 2013 Canadian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

written and directed by

Sébastien Pilote Sébastien Pilote (born 1973 in Saint-Ambroise, Quebec)2013 Toronto International Film Festival The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and 15, 2013. '' The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and '' Life of Crime'' was the closing film. 75 films were ...

. The film was a shortlisted nominee for

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at the

2nd Canadian Screen Awards The 2nd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 9, 2014, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2013."Canadian Screen Awards: Orphan Black, Less Than Kind, Enemy nominated"

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, 13 January 2014. It was also shortlisted for the

Prix collégial du cinéma québécois The Prix collégial du cinéma québécois is an annual Canadian film award, presented to a film from Quebec judged as the best of the year by a jury of students in film studies programs at the province's CEGEPs.Léa Carrier"Je m’appelle humain re ...

in 2014.Charles-Henri Ramond
"Denis Côté remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois"
''Films du Québec'', March 22, 2014.

Cast

Gabriel Arcand Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand. After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseilles, France, and later ...

as Gaby Gagnon *

Pierre-Luc Brillant Pierre-Luc Brillant (born January 29, 1978) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his performance in the film '' C.R.A.Z.Y.'', for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2006. Brillant is also a ...

as Caretaker * Normand Carrière as Léo Simard * Claude Desjardins as Auctioneer *

Sophie Desmarais Sophie Desmarais (born July 24, 1986 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian actress, best known for her role in the 2013 film ''Sarah Prefers to Run (Sarah préfère la course)'', written and directed by Chloé Robichaud. Career Desmarais began her c ...

as Frédérique Gagnon * Éric Laprise as Bank employee *

Lucie Laurier Lucie Laurier (born 19 March 1975) is a Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performances in the films ''Anne Trister'', for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 8th Genie Awards in 19 ...

as Marie Gagnon * Dominique Leduc as Neighbor *

Gilles Renaud Gilles Renaud (born 25 September 1944) is a Canadian actor who has starred in cinema and television in Quebec. In 1983, he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor for the film '' A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi)''. He is also a ...

as Accountant / Friend *

Johanne-Marie Tremblay Johanne-Marie Tremblay (born 1950) is a Canadian actress. She had her first film role in the 1988 '' Straight for the Heart'', after which she was discovered by director Denys Arcand and cast as the character Constance in ''Jesus of Montreal'' (1 ...

as Françoise

References

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* 2013 films 2013 drama films 2010s French-language films Canadian drama films Films directed by Sébastien Pilote French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-drama-film-stub