''On the Trail of Igor Rizzi'' (french: Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) is a 2006 Canadian drama film starring

Laurent Lucas Laurent Lucas (born 20 July 1965) is a French actor. Life and career A student of the Charles Dullin school, Lucas soon became one of the most admired young performers in the Strasbourg National Theatre. He first emerged on the scene with his r ...

, written and directed by

Noël Mitrani Noël Mitrani (born 11 November 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian-born French film director, producer and screenwriter.production companies A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and vi ...

are Atopia and StanKaz Films. The

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is also Atopia in Canada and United States. This film won the Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at 2006’s

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Plot

A grief-stricken and destitute French ex-soccer player has moved to Montreal, the hometown of his lost love, in an effort to recapture her presence. He is haunted by the regret of never having told her how much he loved her. To earn money he accepts to kill a certain Igor Rizzi.

Cast

as Jean-Marc Thomas *

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 m ...

as Jean-Michel *

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 ...

as Gilbert McCoy *

Isabelle Blais Isabelle Sophie Emilie Blais (born June 21, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actress and singer. History Isabelle Blais was born on June 21, 1975 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She is a graduate of the Montreal campus of the Conservatoir ...

as Mélanie *

Yves Allaire Yves may refer to: * Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France * Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name * ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona * ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fren ...

as Howard *

Dan Chapman Dan or DAN may refer to: People * Dan (name), including a list of people with the name ** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark * Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa **Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoi ...

as Igor Rizzi * Jacinthe Pilote as The dead woman

Awards

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 ...

— Best Canadian First Feature Film * 2006

Canada's Top Ten Canada's Top Ten is an annual honour, compiled by the Toronto International Film Festival and announced in December each year to identify and promote the year's best Canadian films."Canada's Top Ten awards will honour excellence in Canadian cinema" ...

Canada's Top Ten 2006

References

External links

* {{TIFF Best Canadian First Feature 2006 films Films directed by Noël Mitrani Canadian crime drama films 2006 crime drama films French-language Canadian films 2000s Canadian films