14 Days, 12 Nights | |
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French | 14 jours 12 nuits |
Directed by | Jean-Philippe Duval |
Written by | Marie Vien |
Produced by | Antonello Cozzolino |
Starring | Anne Dorval Leanna Chea François Papineau |
Cinematography | Yves Bélanger |
Edited by | Myriam Poirier |
Music by | Bertrand Chénier |
Production company | Attraction Images |
Distributed by | Les Films Séville |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Box office | $122,806 [1] |
14 Days, 12 Nights (French : 14 jours 12 nuits) is a 2019 Canadian drama film directed by Jean-Philippe Duval and written by Marie Vien. [2] The film stars Anne Dorval as Isabelle Brodeur, a Canadian woman whose grief over the accidental death of her adopted Vietnamese-born teenage daughter leads her to undertake a trip to Vietnam to meet Thuy Nguyen (Leanna Chea), the girl's birth mother. [3]
14 Days, 12 Nights was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
The film premiered at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival in October 2019, [4] and had its commercial premiere in February 2020. [5]
14 Days, 12 Nights was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, [6] after Canada's initial submission, Funny Boy was disqualified. [7] It was not nominated.
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Canadian Screen Awards | May 28, 2020 | Best Supporting Actress | Leanna Chea | Nominated | [8] |
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Film Festival | May 13–23, 2021 | Audience Award – World Cinema | Won | [9] | |
Prix Iris | June 10, 2020 | Best Actress | Anne Dorval | Nominated | [10] [11] |
Best Cinematography | Yves Bélanger | Won | |||
Best Editing | Myriam Poirier | Nominated |
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