Louise works as a human resources advisor. She operates in a tense work environment in which power dynamics take several forms. Trying to manage a conflict pitting the interests of the company against those of the employees, Louise will be confronted with different means of pressure oscillating between contempt and violence. His choice will have serious repercussions.
SYNOPSIS
The team
Directors: Julien G. Marcotte
Writer: Julien G. Marcotte
Distribution : Fanny Mallette, Hubert Proulx et Marie-Ève Perron
Production : Geneviève Gosselin-G. et Emmanuel Campeau
Associate production: Laurence Lacroix
Distribution & International Sales: Welcome Aboard
Cinematography: Nicolas Poitras-Gamache
Set Design: Mathieu Turcotte
Editing: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Sound: Pascal Van Strydonck
Sound Design: Patrice LeBlanc
Festivals & Awards
- Off-Courts Trouville, 2021
- Festival du film jeune de Lyon, 2021
- Matera Film Festival, 2021
*Prix de la Meilleure Actrice: Fanny Malette - GwangHwaMun International Short Film Festival, 2021
- Kaohsiung Film Festival, 2021
- Festival du Nouveau-Cinéma, 2021
- Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, 2021
- Festival international du film francophone de Tübingen | Stuttgart, 2021
- Festival international du cinéma francophone d’Acadie, 2021
- Cyprus international Film Festival, 2021
- Festival international du film francophone de Tübingen, Stuttgart, 2021
- Cinema on the Bayou, 2022
- Victoria Film Festival, 2022
- Pendance Film Festival, 2022
- Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2022
- Gala Prends ça court, 2022
- Gala Prends ça court ! 2021
*Prix Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma – SARTEC
*Prix Union des artistes – UDA – Fanny Malette
*Prix Post-Moderne et Cinéma Moderne
*Prix Air Canada
*Québec Gold
*Mention spéciale Les Films Opale
*Prix Association québécoise de la production médiatique – AQPM - Les Filministes, 2022
*Mention du jury - Made Here Film Festival, 2022
- Brooklyn Film Festival, 2022
- Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2022
*Mention du jury - Rhodes Island International Film Festival, 2022
- Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, 2022
- International Short Film Festival – Film Font, 2022
- Izmir International Short Film Festival, 2022
The Director
JULIEN G. MARCOTTE
Julien G. Marcotte is a screenwriter and director based in Montreal. After earning a bachelor’s degree in film studies, he directed his first short film, Louise from 9 to 5 (2021), starring Fanny Mallette and Hubert Proulx. The film had its world premiere at the Off-courts Trouville festival and its Canadian premiere at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. His next film, Katshinau (2023), co-directed with Jani Bellefleur-Kaltush, explores slavery in 18th-century New France. At its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival, it won Best Canadian Short Film.