Audition (2005 film)

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French L'Audition
Directed by Luc Picard
Written byLuc Picard
StarringLuc Picard
Suzanne Clément
Alexis Martin
Denis Bernard
Robert Lepage
Release date
  • September 2005 (2005-09)(Montreal) [1]
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Audition (French : L'Audition) is a 2005 Canadian comedy-drama film. [1]

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Written and directed by Luc Picard, the film stars Picard as Louis, an unhappy middle-aged repo man who decides to pursue his long-abandoned dream of becoming an actor. [2] He quickly lines up an opportunity to audition for a role, and rehearses for his big day with actor Philippe Chevalier (Denis Bernard), while his girlfriend Suzie (Suzanne Clément) is preparing to leave him because she has just found out that she is pregnant but does not want her child to grow up in the atmosphere of violence created by Louis' current job. [2]

The film was partially inspired by a letter Picard wrote to his four-year-old son Henri. [3]

In 2009, it was reported that Picard had secured a deal to direct an English-language adaptation of L'Audition for an American film studio, [1] although the film never materialized. [1]

Awards

The film garnered seven Genie Award nominations at the 26th Genie Awards in 2006: [4]

Bernard won the award for Best Supporting Actor. [5]

At the Jutra Awards in 2006, the film garnered ten nominations. [6] Daniel Bélanger won the award for Best Original Score. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Audition, L’ – Film de Luc Picard". Films du Québec, January 1, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Review: ‘L’audition’". Variety , September 28, 2005.
  3. ↑ "Quebec's next hit: Funny, touching. Luc Picard writes, directs, charms". Montreal Gazette , September 30, 2005.
  4. ↑ "C.R.A.Z.Y. leads list with 12 nominations". Toronto Star , January 26, 2006.
  5. ↑ "C.R.A.Z.Y. night at the Genies". The Globe and Mail , March 14, 2006.
  6. 1 2 "Jutra judges wild about C.R.A.Z.Y." Montreal Gazette , March 20, 2006.


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