Beyond the Walls (French: La Battue) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Guy Édoin and released in 2008.[1] The third and final film in his "Les Affluents" trilogy of short films on rural themes, following The Bridge (Le pont) in 2004 and The Dead Water (Les eaux mortes) in 2006,[2] the film centres on a young woman's troubled relationship with her mother, who regularly forces her to go hunting against her will.
| Beyond the Walls | |
|---|---|
| French | La Battue |
| Directed by | Guy Édoin |
| Written by | Guy Édoin |
| Produced by | Sylvain Corbeil Pascal Bascaron |
| Starring | Amélie Prévost Denise Dubois Ghyslaine Brodeur-Édoin Marie Pelletier Marie-Josée Forget |
| Cinematography | Serge Desrosiers |
| Edited by | Mathieu Denis |
| Music by | Pierre Desrochers |
Production company | Metafilms |
| Distributed by | Locomotion Distributions |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film's cast includes Amélie Prévost, Denise Dubois, Ghyslaine Brodeur-Édoin, Marie Pelletier and Marie-Josée Forget.
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2008.[3] It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 29th Genie Awards,[4] and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 11th Jutra Awards.[5]
All three films in the trilogy were subsequently released as bonus features on the DVD release of Édoin's feature film debut Wetlands (Marécages) in 2012.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Cinéma - Le retour à la terre de Guy Édoin". Le Devoir, October 8, 2011.
- ^ Kevin Laforest, "Les Affluents : Brève cinéma 2008-10-16". Voir, October 16, 2008.
- ^ Glenn Sumi, "Feting the best of the year". Now, December 17, 2008.
- ^ Peter Knegt, "“Necessities of Life” Leads Genie Nods". IndieWire, February 10, 2009.
- ^ "Jutra 2009: Ce qu’il faut pour vivre illumine la soirée". Films du Québec, April 2, 2009.
- ^ "Sortie du DVD". Le Journal de Montréal, February 21, 2012.
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