Director
Yan Giroux
Production
Midi la Nuit
Languages
French, English
Year
2017
25 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1
Disappointed by their daily routine, Julie and Victor join a group of mysterious strangers on a walk to nowhere, as they await the role of a lifetime.
Prisoners of their technology-bound lives, Julie and Victor feel disillusioned with humanity. They stumble upon a mysterious group who, after stripping them bare, welcomes them and gives them ready-made roles to play. Joining the strangers, they head into the forest toward an unknown destination, until they suddenly come under attack. As they face this threat together, Julie and Victor will need to separate truth from fiction. Or simply surrender to the pleasure of artifice…
Script: Guillaume Corbeil et Yan Giroux
Cinematography: Olivier Laberge
Production Design: Geneviève Huot
Editing: Yan Giroux
Sound Design: Marie-Pierre Grenier
Music: Marie-Héléne L. Delorme
Production : Annick Blanc
With: Ève Duranceau et William Pelletier
Yan Giroux
Yan Giroux independently produced his documentaries between 2007 and 2012, allowing him to develop his vision, which would later grow with more resources and ambition in his fiction short films. In addition to being recognized locally, his shorts have been showcased in several international festivals, including Sundance Film Festival. His first feature film, For Those Who Don’t Read Me (2018), won several awards at the Gala Québec Cinéma.
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Standardized Patient Program, 23 min, Fiction, 2022
For Those Who Don’t Read Me, 107 min, Fiction, 2018
Lost Paradise Lost, 25 min, Fiction, 2017
Mi Nina mi Vida, 18 min, Fiction, 2013
Surveillant, 17 min, Fiction, 2011
July 14 in Marseille, 86 min, Documentary, 2012
Elegant, 84 min, Documentary, 2009
Cubanos, Life and Death of a Revolution, 82 min, Documentary, 2007