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Résumé de l'intrigue
Marcel Lévesque, un habile et facétieux vendeur d’automobiles en fin de carrière ne vit que pour trois choses : son travail, sa fille unique Maryse, et son petit-fils Antoine. Il est le meilleur vendeur du mois depuis des années chez le concessionnaire où il a passé sa vie, dans une petite ville mono-industrielle en déclin. Durant un hiver qui n’en finit plus, et pendant que l’usine de pâtes et papiers vit une autre fermeture temporaire, Marcel Lévesque ne pense qu’à sortir ses américaines chéries de la cour enneigée. Un jour, le vendeur fait la rencontre de François Paradis, un travailleur de l’usine au chômage… Un film qui parle de l’homme aliéné, de culpabilité, de religion et de vente automobile.
Prix et Festivals
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