Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!
| Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Sébastien Pilote |
| Written by | Sébastien Pilote |
| Starring | André Bouchard Gérald Pilote Jean Wauthier |
| Cinematography | Sébastien Pilote Guillaume Tremblay |
| Music by | Pierre Lapointe |
Release date | 2007 |
Running time | 14 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! is a Canadian short film, directed by Sébastien Pilote and released in 2007.[1] The film stars André Bouchard as a man in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region who has just lost his job after the closure of his employer, as he goes about his first day without the stable and predictable structure of a normal work day.[2]
The cast also includes Gérald Pilote and Jean Wauthier.
The film premiered at the 2007 Locarno Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2007.[3] It won the awards for best short film at the 2007 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona,[4] the 2007 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[5] and the 2008 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois,[6] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008.[7]
References[]
- ^ Pierre Barrette, "Portrait du capitalisme ordinaire". 24 images, Issue 154 (October-November 2011). p. 31.
- ^ a b Anabelle Nicoud, "Portrait: Sébastien Pilote". La Presse, August 5, 2007.
- ^ Chris Knight, "TIFF goes peddling its celluloid bundle; Canadian Cinema; Top 10 includes Cronenberg, Maddin, Arcand". National Post, December 12, 2007.
- ^ "En bref - Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! honoré à Barcelone". Le Devoir, September 28, 2007.
- ^ John Griffin, "Success feels 'super bien'". Montreal Gazette, October 21, 2007.
- ^ Brendan Kelly, "Attendance up, so is winner; Rendez-Vous du cinema Quebecois. Up the Yangtze adds another prize to its cache". Montreal Gazette, February 25, 2008.
- ^ "La 10e soirée des Jutra". Ici Radio-Canada, March 9, 2008.
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