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.Trailer
Info
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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