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Plot Summary
Marcel Lévesque, a savvy, quick-witted car salesman nearing retirement, lives for just three things: his work, his daughter, and his grandson. He has been salesman of the month for years at the dealership where he has spent his whole career, in a fading one-industry town. One endless winter, while the pulp and paper mill lays off more workers, Marcel has only one thing on his mind: getting his beloved American cars off the snowy lot. One day he sells a brand new truck to François Paradis, a laid-off worker from the mill, leading to repercussions Marcel never imagined, in this film about alienation, humanity, religion and the art of selling cars.
Festivals and Awards
Sundance Film Festival, USA, January 2011
San Francisco International Film Festival, USA, April 2011
*FIPRESCI PRIZE
Boston Independent Film Festival, USA, May 2011
Los Angeles Film Festival, USA, June 2011
Maine International Film Festival, USA, July 2011
Possible Worlds Sydney Canadian Film Festival, Australia, August 2011
Monterrey Film Festival, Mexico, August 2011
National Cinematheque, Mexico, September 2011
Quebec @ Hollywood, USA, September 2011
Bar Harbor Film Festival, USA, September 2011
Modern Cinema at the Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, September 2011
Festival do Rio, Brazil, October 2011
Mumbai International Film Festival, India, October 2011
*Jury Grand Prize, International Competition
*Best Actor – Gilbert Sicotte
Vermont International Film Festival, USA, October 2011
Starz Denver International Film Festival, USA, November 2011
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece, November 2011
International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg, Germany, November 2011
*Special Award of the International Jury
*The International Film Critic’s Prize
Cinema du Quebec a Paris, France, November 2011
Torino International Film Festival, Italy, November 2011
*CIPPUTI AWARD – Best Film About Working World
* FIPRESCI AWARD
Semaine du Cinema Francophone, Germany, December 2011
International Film Festival Kerala, India, December 2011
Palm Springs International Film Festival, USA, January 2012
French Film Festival, USA, February 2012
Journées du film francophone, Hungary, February 2012
Belgrade International Film Festival, Serbia, February 2012
Miami International Film Festival, USA, March 2012
Les journées du film francophone, Romania, March 2012
Journees de la Francophonie, Czech Republic, March 2012
Festival Intl du Film d’Aubagne, France, March 2012
Kosmorama Trondheim Intl Film Festival, Norway, March 2012
Festival du film francophone, Greece, March 2012
Rome French Institute, Italy, March 2012
Istanbul Film Festival, Turkey, March 2012
Les journées du film francophone, Slovakia, April 2012
Wisconsin Film Festival, USA, April 2012
Maison du Québec à St-Malo, France, May 2012
Valencia Int’l Film Festival Cinema Jove, Spain, June 2012
*LUNA DE VALENCIA – Best Feature Film
Festival de La Rochelle, France, June 2012
Ars Independent International Film Festival, Poland, September 2012
*DARK HORSE AWARD: Main Competition
Raindance Film Festival, UK, September 2012
Cinema Le Pantheon a Paris, France, October 2012
French Cinema Now, USA, October 2012
Utah Film Centre, USA, October 2012
Ciné Tapis Rouge, Romania, November 2012
Französische Filmtage – French Cinema Week, Germany, November 2012
International Festival of the New Latin American Cinema, Cuba, December 2012
Human Rights Film Festival Zagreb, Croatia, December 2012