My Internship in Canada
| My Internship in Canada | |
|---|---|
| Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre | |
| Directed by | Philippe Falardeau |
| Produced by | Luc Déry, Kim McCraw |
| Written by | Philippe Falardeau |
| Starring |
Patrick Huard Irdens Exantus Suzanne Clément Paul Doucet |
| Music by | Martin Léon |
| Cinematography | Ronald Plante |
| Edited by | Richard Comeau[1] |
Production companies |
micro_scope[1] |
| Distributed by | Les Films Christal |
Release dates |
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Running time | 108 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language |
French English Creole |
My Internship in Canada (French: Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre) is a Canadian political satire film released in 2015.[2]
Written and directed by Philippe Falardeau,[2] the film stars Patrick Huard as Steve Guibord, an independent Member of Parliament from northern Quebec who quite unexpectedly finds himself in the position of holding the tie-breaking vote on whether Canada will go to war in the Middle East.[2] Embarking on a tour of his constituency to evaluate public opinion, various lobby groups spin the debate farther and farther out of control and Guibord's confusion ultimately forces the decision onto Souverain (Irdens Exantus), his Haitian immigrant intern.[2]
The film's cast also includes Suzanne Clément as Guibord's wife Suzanne, and Paul Doucet as the Prime Minister of Canada.
The film was shot from 24 September to 10 November 2014 in Val-d'Or, the Hautes-Laurentides, Ottawa, and Haiti.[1]
The film had its North American premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] where it received an honorable mention from the Canadian film jury.[4] It was released in the province of Quebec on 2 October 2015, on seven screens, with a wide release in the province on 9 October 2015.[1] In December, the film was announced as part of TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten screening series of the ten best Canadian films of the year.[5] In January 2016 it won the Canada's Top Ten Film Festival People's Choice Award, voted on by audiences in Toronto.[6]
The film garnered four Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016,[7] including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Irdens Exantus), Best Original Screenplay (Philippe Falardeau) and Best Sound (Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Daniel Bisson, Claude La Haye and Benoît Leduc). For the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards (formerly known as the Prix Jutra), it won Best Supporting Actor (Exantus), Best Original Score and Best Editing.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre – Film de Philippe Falardeau". Films du Québec (in French). Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "‘Monsieur Lazhar’s’’ Philippe Falardeau, Films Distribution Re-team for ‘My Internship in Canada’". Variety, January 30, 2015.
- ↑ Jennie Punter (2015-08-05). "Toronto Film Festival to Debut Ethan Hawke’s ‘Born to Be Blue,’ Ellen Page’s ‘Into the Forest’". Variety. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ↑ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ↑ "TIFF reveals Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival line-up". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Philippe Falardeau's My Internship in Canada Wins the Canada's Top Ten Film Festival People's Choice Award" (PDF) (Press release). TIFF. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ↑ "Room, Schitt’s Creek lead 2016 Canadian Screen Award nominations". National Post, January 20, 2016.
External links
- Official website (Quebec)
- Official website (international)
- My Internship in Canada at the Internet Movie Database
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