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| Year of prod. |
2006 |
| Running time |
15 min. |
| Type |
Fiction drama-comedy |
| Director |
Frédéric Desager |
| Script |
Frédéric Desager |
| Production |
Films Camera Oscura |
| Producer |
Christine Falco |
| DOP |
Claudine Sauvé |
| Set Designer |
Corinne Montpetit |
| Sound |
Stéphane Barsalou |
| Music |
Éric Aswad |
| Editors |
Frédéric Desager, François
Normandin |
| Actors |
Kyle Zacharie,
Pierre Grégoire,
Évelyne De la Chenelière,
Donna Jacobs,
Ariel Ifergan,
Sylvain Marcel |
| Versions |
French, English,
French with english subtitles |
| Financial contributions |
| Sodec, NFB-ACIC, Tax
Credit Programs, Télé-Québec |
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 Tag Line :
A misunderstanding between French tourists and young Natives at the entrance
of a First Nation village quickly goes sour after the arrival of two policemen.
Synopsis :
End of summer 2000, entry to a Native reservation, somewhere
in Quebec. Two young native brothers are at work in their grandmother's souvenir shop.
They are watching a gripping report on television about the conflict that opposes
fishermen from the native community to federal agents from the Fisheries and Oceans
Department. The report makes Mike, the older brother, furious and he decides to install a
barricade on the road leading to the entry of the reservation. The first car that shows up
is the one of two young French tourists who want to spend part of their honeymoon in
immersion in a First Nation community. The Natives speak English, the French speak French
and what seems at the beginning to be a funny misunderstanding will rapidly degenerate,
especially after the arrival on the scene of a native policewoman and a Quebec provincial
agent.
Director's biofilmography :
After studies in directing and acting (INSSAS Bruxelles,
Belgium), Frédéric Desager comed to Quebec fourteen years ago. Since
then, he has played in many TV series, movies and for theatre (Nomination Gemeaux Awards
1998 and Genie Awards 1997; Masques 1998 for the Best second role). Border
Shop is his first film as director, based on his own script winner of Audience
Award and Sartec Award for the Best script (Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de
Montréal 2004). |
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Comedia, le festival de films
Juste pour Rire, 2007 :
- Prix Visa du Jury pour le meilleur court métrage québécois
- Festival int'l de cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2006
(competition - Opening Night, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada)
- Off-courts 2006 (Trouville, France)
- Festival de Clermont-Ferrand 2007 (France)
- Festival Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay 2007
- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 2007
- Festival de Films sur les Droits de la Personne de Montréal
- Ottawa Film Festival
- Festival de cinéma des 3 Amériques 2007
- Festival UnInvited 2007, Paris (France)
- Festival de courts métrages de Dresden 2007
- Festival de Lebel-sur-Quevillon 2007
- Festival Terres en vues, Montréal, 2007
- Festival int'l de cinéma francophone en Acadie 2007
- CineFranco 2008 (Toronto, Canada)
- Festival des 3 Amériques 2008 (Québec, Canada) |
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