''Wintergreen'' (french: Paparmane) is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by

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and released in 2012. The film centres on the interaction between Jérôme (

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), a parking station attendant who has never emotionally recovered from the death of his mother, and Camille (

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), a

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performer, whose lives are transformed by an ailing cat. The film premiered at the 2012

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. The film won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Comedy at the 2012

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, and was named to the

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's annual year-end

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list for 2012."Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". ''

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'', December 5, 2012.

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* 2012 films 2012 comedy-drama films 2012 short films Quebec films Canadian comedy-drama short films 2010s Canadian films French-language Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub