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DAY 7
Monday 14 May 2018

FOUR UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
PRODUCTION COMPANIES TO WATCH
THE FALL OF THE AMERICAN EMPIRE

LA MAISON DE PRODUCTION. The Montreal-based company has made The French-language fi lm made by one of the most
headlines worldwide with its genre movie Ravenous. The fi lm, launched in TIFF respected and honoured Canadian directors, Denys
in 2017, has won kudos everywhere and became the fi rst Québec fi lm to be Arcand is a kind of follow-up to his 1986 Oscar-
sold globally to Netfl ix. Ravenous was praised for its interesting mix of nominee The Decline Of The American Empire. Written
zombies, dark humour, suspense, strong female characters and visual identity. and directed by Arcand, the movie will be released by
La Maison de Production or LMDP is currently developing Arsenault & Son by Les Films Seville in Québec on June 28. The movie is
Rafaël Ouellet, about a family of poachers in northern Québec. MK2 Mile End about a Montreal man who walks into a clothing store
will release it in Québec. Another project, Pourquoi Bologne, the fi rst feature where two people are dead after a failed armed
by François Blouin, is a fantastic comedy. And VFC by Charles Stéphane Roy, robbery. He fi nds two bags of cash and faces the
is a multiplatform psychological drama about obsession with music. dilemma of what to do with the money. Produced
by Denise Robert from Cinemaginaire, the buzz before
its local release is very positive.
AMALGA CRÉATIONS MEDIA. This recently formed company is helmed Sales : Seville International
by André Dupuy, one of the most respected members of Québec’s lively
creative community. For TV Amalga launched three top-rated and critically
acclaimed dramas in recent history, Feux, Olivier and L’Échappée. In the movie THE DEATH AND LIFE OF JOHN F. DONOVAN
department, Dupuy’s fi rst foray into feature fi lms, was the co-production
Le Trip à Trois. This comedy was a big local success and followed a bored Currently in post, the eagerly awaited new feature
suburbanite couple trying to ignite their private life. Amalga Créations Media from Xavier Dolan is his most ambitious to date.
is now developing Merci Pour Tout, a comedy about two estranged sisters According to the director, the story is as follows:
reunited by the surprise death of their father. Isabelle Langlois, one of the best “A decade ago, the publisher of a gossip magazine,
Québec screenwriters, penned the story while Louise Achambault will direct. Moira, exposed the correspondence of an American TV
star, John F. Donovan, with an 11-year-old British boy,
Rupert Turner. A storm kills Donovan’s career and
culminates in his death. Ten years later, Turner
reminiscences the written correspondence, as well
as the impact those letters had on both their lives”.
There is an impressive cast including Kit Harington,
Jacob Tremblay, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon,

C’est le Coeur Thandie Newton and Michael Gambon. A presentation
qui Meurt in one of the main festivals later this year is a certainty.
en Dernier Les Films Seville will release the fi lm in Québec.
Sales : Seville International

1991

TOP 10 Filmmaker Ricardo Trogi will close its popular comedy
trilogy that begun with 1981 and 1987 fi lms with
QUÉBEC 1991. The fi lming of 1991 took place in Québec
and Italy. As in the other two fi lms, 1991 will be an
LOCAL FILMS (IN autobiographical account of Ricardo Trogi, who
2017) scripted and directed it. The story is about Ricardo’s
fi rst trip to Europe, when he was 21 and a student at
De Père en Flic 2 ère en Flic 2 university. He is not attracted by the big capitals of
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CAD$6,624,488 Europe, but a beautiful girl, whom he follows to
Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 declare him his love. Les Films Seville will release
© DR 2 CAD$5,656,992 the fi lm this summer.
Junior Majeur Sales : Go Films
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CAD$1,822,734
by 4.4% from CAD$173,780,926 in 2016 to
CAD$181,539,351 in 2017. As such, Québec is the only 4 Pieds Nus Dans l’Aube LA BOLDUC
region in North America to experience an increase in revenue CAD$836,281
and assistance in movie theatres in 2017. But the overall 5 C’est le Coeur qui The biographical drama produced by Caramel Film and
image of local exhibition health is also showing clear signs Meurt en Dernier Christal Films, distributed by Les Films Seville, has
of fatigue. As a recent study by UniFrance noted, over the CAD$810,126 garnered nearly CAD$2m in revenue since its release
last 10 years in Québec, the number of cinemas has dropped 6 Le Trip á Trois in Québec earlier this year. This is the best launch for a
by 15%, theatres by 10% and chairs by 11%. At the national CAD$680,432 Québec fi lm until now in 2018. Directed by François
Canadian level, Québec cinema dominates the results of Les Rois Mongols Bouvier (Paul in Quebec), La Bolduc recalls the life
Canuck films in general. De Père en Flic 2 and Bon Cop, Bad 7 CAD$594,704 of Mary Travers, aka La Bolduc, the mother of a poor
Cop 2 are also at the top of the national BO, the first having Ca Sent la Coupe and uneducated family who managed to get her family
gleaned CAD$40,000 outside Québec but the second over 8 CAD$445,189 out of misery by becoming a successful folk singer
CAD$1.5m, the latter having the distinction of being partly in the 1930s. Debbie Lynch-White’s strong and spirited
bi-lingual French/English, an action comedy putting a 9 Nelly performance as La Bolduc has been widely praised
Québec policeman and an Ontarian face-to-face. In the top CAD$309,566 in this immaculate period drama.
10 in Canada, the Aisling Walsh biopic Maudie ( CAD$2.8m) 10 Le problème Sales : Caramel Films
was in forth place, Jay Baruchel’s Goon, Last of the Enforcers d’infi ltration
(CAD$1.28m) was fifth, and Bharat Nalluri’s The Man How CAD$239,794
Invented Christmas with CAD$533,240.✦

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