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OT: Maudite Poutine

Karl Lemieux // Canada, 2016
Fiction Feature // FF2016

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Story

Vincent is in trouble. He’s stolen drugs from the wrong people and has to get out of town for a while. Unexpectedly, for the first time in years he comes into contact with his brother Michel, the black sheep of the family who lives in the country. Michel leads an apparently normal life, chilling with friends and playing drums in a band. The brothers struggle to get closer, but the past hangs like a cloud of smog over the present – and it soon turns out that it’s not only Vincent who’s in a downward spiral. Made in a ghostly monochrome and with a unconventional narrative structure, the film draws the viewer in to a dystopian rural world where violence is an everyday phenomenon and where a glimmer of humanity nonetheless shines through the cracks. 

Director

Karl Lemieux (*1980) is co-founder of a collective based in Montreal specializing inproducing and exhibiting Super-8 and 16mm films. His shorts and installationshave been shown at exhibitions and festivals. Since 2010, he has been a memberof the band Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

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Maudite Poutine

Fiction Feature

French

Voilà!//FF2016


Canada

2016

91 min

OV with English subtitles

Karl Lemieux

Karl Lemieux, Marie-Douce St-Jacques

Jean-Simon Leduc, Martin Dubreuil, Francis La Haye, Robin Aubert, Marie Brassard, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé

Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant

Mathieu Laverdière

Marc Boucrot

David Bryant, Thierry Amar, Kevin Doria

art director: Louisa Schabas

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