When Gérard finds a dead racoon in his front yard, the old man becomes strangely distressed, shaken by thoughts of his own demise. Jocelyne watches the despair of her husband grow along with his obsession with the animal’s body, and his anguish takes root in her own mind. After a night of torment, they decide to go and bury the raccoon on the land where their house once stood in Joutel, a former mining town deserted since 1998. When they get there, the boreal forest is creeping in on the ruins of her former house, plunging Jocelyne into a deep nostalgia. Here, after a morbid picnic marking the racoon’s burial, the couple meets a mystical being who leads them to make peace with their inner demons.
Crew
Producer : Geneviève Gosselin-G
Director: Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
Writer: Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
Production Company : Unité Centrale
Distribution : h264 distribution
Festivals & Awards
- Gala Prends ça court ! 2021
*Prim Award
*Jury Mention for Pierre-Philippe Côté
*Jury Mention by Jade Charbonneau - Talent Tout Court Cannes 2021
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2021
- Festival International du cinéma francophone en Acadie 2021
- Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue 2021
*Special Jury Mention - Longue vue sur le court, 2022
- Mecal Barcelona International Short Fil Festival, 2002
- FICFA, 2022
- New York City Independant Film Festival, 2022
- Plein(s) Écran(s), 2022
*Opening movie - Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2022
- Gala Québec Cinéma, 2022
*Nominated for Best Fiction Short Film - Busan international Short Film Festivals, 2022
- Canadian Film Fest, 2022
- Women Make Waves, 2022
- Halifax Independant Film Festival, 2022
- Court d’un soir, 2022
- Off-Court Trouville, 2022
- Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2022