A Life Begins

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A Life Begins
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French Une vie qui commence
Directed by Michel Monty
Written by Michel Monty
Produced by Pierre Even
Josée Vallée
Starring Julie Le Breton
Raymond Cloutier
Rita Lafontaine
François Papineau
Charles Antoine Perreault
Cinematography Michel La Veaux
Production
companies
Cirrus Communications
Item 7
Distributed byAlliance Vivafilm
Release dates
  • November 21, 2010 (2010-11-21)(Paris Semaine du Québec)
  • January 21, 2011 (2011-01-21)(Canada)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

A Life Begins (French : Une vie qui commence) is a 2010 Canadian French language drama film, directed and written by Michel Monty, his debut long feature. [1] The film's original working title was Cent milliards de neurones ("One Hundred Billion Neurons"). [2]

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Plot

Following the death of his doctor father (François Papineau) from an overdose of prescription drugs in the 1960s, 12-year-old Étienne (Charles Antoine Perreault) starts down the same path in an obsessive attempt to both replace and honor his memory. [3]

Cast

Awards

The film received six Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012, for Best Actor (Perreault), Best Actress (Le Breton), Best Supporting Actor (Papineau), Best Costume Design (Ginette Magny), Best Hair (Martin Lapointe) and Best Makeup (Diane Simard). [4]

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