Feature Film – Fiction
Newly hired as a French-Spanish translator in a factory employing Guatemalan workers, a young woman undertakes daily resistance with them to fight against the exploitation of which they are victims.
Trailer
SYNOPSIS
The team
Directed by: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Screenplay: Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Cast: Ariane Castellanos, Marc-André Grondin, Nelson Coronado, Antonio Ortega, Gerardo Miranda, Luis Oliva, Micheline Bernard, Eve Duranceau and Marvin Coroy
Production: Geneviève Gosselin-G.
Co-production: TS Productions (Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto and Alice Bloch)
Executive producer: Galilé Marion-Gauvin
Associate producer: Jeanne-Marie Poulain
Brittany co-production: JPL Films (Jean-François Bigot and Camille Raulo)
Distribution Canada: FunFilms
International sales: Be For Films
Direction of photography: Gabriel Brault-Tardif
Set design: Yola Van Leuweenkamp
Costume design: Kelly-Anne Bonieux
Editing: Amélie Labrèche
Sound: Philippe Lecoeur, Jérôme Gonthier and Jean-Guy Véran
Original music: Félicia Atkinson
Festivals et distinctions
Development
- Berlinale Coproduction Market (Talent Project Market) 2020
- TIFF Filmmaker Lab, 2020
- Los Cabos International Film Festival – Gabriel Figueroa Film Fund, 2020
Festivals
- 6 Canadian Screen Award nominations: Best Film, Best Debut Film, Best Performance in a Leading Role (Ariane Castellanos), Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Nelson Coronado), Best Direction of Photography (Gabriel Brault Tardif), Best Cast roles (Ariane Castellanos, Victor Tremblay-Blouin).
- Tribeca Film Festival, 2023 (World premiere)
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2023 (European premiere)Fantasia International Film Festival, 2023 (National premiere)
- *Bronze public prize, Best quebecois film
- Les Percéïdes Festival, 2023
*Jury Grand Prize
- Cinefest Sudbury Festival, 2023
- Calgary International Film Festival, 2023
*Best leading role – Ariane Castellanos
- Vancouver International Film Festival, 2023
*Honorable mention for best emerging director - Namur International French-Language Film Festival, 2023
*Bayard d’Or Best first work - Saint Jean de Luz International Film Festival, 2023
*Best actress – Ariane Castellanos
*Public prize
*Jury Grand Prize - Athens International Film Festival, 2023
*Greek Critics’ Award
*Public prize - Antalya International Film Festival, 2023
- Atlantic International Film Festival, 2023
- Cinematik International Film Festival, 2023
- Morelia International Film Festival, 2023
- Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, 2023
- Icaro International Film Festival, 2023
- Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2023
- Alexandria Film Festival, 2023
*Best Foreign Language Film - Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2024
- Festival Objectif Cinéma, 2024
*Citizen Jury Prize - Festival international du film francophone en Acadie, 2024
- Festival Aguacaton de Oro, 2024
- Milton Film Festival, 2024
*Audience Award Best Film - Reel Canadian Film Festival, 2024
- Tournai Ramdam Festival, 2024
- Festival du Premier Film d’Annonay, 2024
*Public Prize, *Student Jury Prize - Vues dans la tête de Pascal Plante, 2024
- Carcassonne International political Film Festival, 2024
- Pune International Film Festival, 2024
- Available Lights Film Festival, 2024
- Festival Itinérances d’Alès, 2024
- Quimper Film Festival, 2024
- Festival Chef Op en Lumière, 2024
- Vues du Québec à Florac, 2024
- Traversées de Lunel, 2024
- Rencontres Cinématographiques de Salon-de-Provence, 2024
- Quebecine, 2024
- Pune International Film Festival, Nagpur Edition, 2024
- Off Camera International Film Festival, 2024
- Oakville Film Festival, 2024
- Rencontres du Sud d’Avignon, 2024
- Festival du film Canadien de Dieppe, 2024
*TV5 Monde Public Prize - Musique & Cinéma, 2024
- Bengaluru International Film Festival, 2024
- Focus on French Cinema, 2024
- Job Film Days, 2024
- CinÉdison, Lorgues, 2024
- Festival Utopia, 2024
- Gala Québec Cinéma
*IRIS Revelation of the year – Ariane Castellanos
*IRIS Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – Marc-André Grondin
*IRIS Best Actress in a Leading Role – Ariane Castellanos
The Director
Pier-Philippe Chevigny
Pier-Philippe Chevigny is a filmmaker from Montreal, Quebec. His films combine anxiety-inducing camerawork and suspenseful scripts based on contemporary social issues. His short films Tala, Vétérane and Rebel were selected at over 200 festivals worldwide. His first feature Richelieu world premiered in the international competition at the 2023 Tribeca Festival and was selected at dozens of festivals including Karlovy Vary, Fantasia, Palm Springs and Namur where it won the prestigious Bayard for Best First Feature. The following year, he returns to the short film world with a new project titled Mercenaire which premiered in competition at the Toronto International Film Festival and went on the win the Special Jury Award at Clermont-Ferrand. In 2026, he is set to shoot his follow up feature Arsenal.