Trotteur

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Trotteur
Directed byArnaud Brisebois
Francis Leclerc
Produced byAntonello Cozzolino
StarringKyle Gatehouse
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byIsabelle Malenfant
Music byLuc Sicard
Production
company
Cirrus Communications
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Trotteur is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Arnaud Brisebois and Francis Leclerc and released in 2011.[1] Inspired in part by the legend of Alexis Lapointe, the film stars Kyle Gatehouse as a man who is trying to outrun a train.[2]

The film was screened at various film festivals, including the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival[3] and the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival,[4] and was commercially distributed in Quebec as the opening film to screenings of The Artist.[1]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2011,[5] and won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b André Duchesne, "Trotteur en première partie de The Artist". La Presse, November 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Serge Gauthier, "La légende d’Alexis le Trotteur : une autre vie... après sa deuxième mort ?" Rabaska: Revue d'ethnologie de l'Amérique française, Vol. 10, 2012. pp. 210–215.
  3. ^ "En bref - Trotteur voyage". Le Devoir, August 30, 2011.
  4. ^ André Duchesne, "Trotteur à Tribeca". La Presse, March 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "The Festival group releases Canada's annual top ten". Postmedia News, December 7, 2011.
  6. ^ "Jutra 2012 - Les gagnants". HollywoodPQ, March 12, 2012.

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