''The Dismantling'' (), 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. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written and directed by Sébastien Pilote. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the

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 (film), The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and ''Life of Crime (film), Life o ...

. The film was a shortlisted nominee for Best Picture 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. and 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. Career After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseille, France, a ...

as Gaby Gagnon * Pierre-Luc Brillant as Caretaker * Normand Carrière as Léo Simard * Claude Desjardins as Auctioneer * Sophie Desmarais as Frédérique Gagnon * Éric Laprise as Bank employee * Lucie Laurier as Marie Gagnon * Dominique Leduc as Neighbor * Gilles Renaud as Accountant / Friend * Johanne-Marie Tremblay as Françoise

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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