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. In 2019, his short film Rebel was an international success : over 130 festival selections (including TIFF, Busan, Namur, Stockholm, Vladivostok) and 30 awards including the Oscar-Qualifying Golden Owl Award at Tirana. His first feature Richelieu, completed in 2023, is currently enjoying a similar success on the Festival circuit, with prestigious selections at Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, Palm Springs, Fantasia, Vancouver, Athens and Namur where it won the Bayard for Best First Feature. Pier-Philippe has several projects in development at Le Foyer Films, including his follow-up feature.