Pascal Plante

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Pascal Plante
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Plante in 2016
Born (1988-09-03) September 3, 1988 (age 37)
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active2006–present

Pascal Plante (born September 3, 1988) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec, [1] whose debut feature film, Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages), premiered in 2017. [2] His second film, Nadia, Butterfly , was released in 2020. His third feature film, Red Rooms , garnered widespread critical acclaim. [3]

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Career

Plante's first IMDb film credit was as a sound recordist in 2006. He continued to work in the sound department until the early 2010s, when he transitioned into directing and writing. He wrote and directed several short films before completing his first feature film, titled Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages), in 2017. Plante won the Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Canadian Screenplay at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2017, [4] and the film's lead actress Rose-Marie Perreault received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018, [5] and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019. [6]

His second feature film Nadia, Butterfly was an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, [7] before the festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8]

Plante is a former competitive swimmer who tried out, but did not qualify, to represent Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympics, [7] and subsequently studied film at Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. [9] [10]

He has also directed the short films La fleur de l'âge, Je suis un château de sable qui attend la mer, Baby Blues, Drum de marde!, Blue-Eyed Blonde (Best Canadian Short Film, VIFF 2015), Nonna and Blast Beat, and has worked as a sound mixer and editor on other film projects. [11] [12]

His third feature film, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges), premiered at the 2023 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. [13] It subsequently had its Canadian premiere at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival, where it won several awards including Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Score and Best Performance. [14] The film received widespread critical acclaim upon release. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 96% of 78 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.1/10.The website's consensus reads: "Anchored by Juliette Gariépy's superb portrayal of self-destructive obsession, Red Rooms is a haunting and timely trip down a particularly morbid rabbit hole." [3]

In 2024 he served as the programmer of the Festival Vues dans la tête de.... [15]

Personal life

His brother Dominique Plante is a musician who has composed the scores to several of Pascal's films. [14]

Filmography

YearFilm
2017 Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages)
2020 Nadia, Butterfly
2023 Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges)

References

  1. ↑ Nick Clement, "Berlin Facetime: Director Pascal Plante of ‘Fake Tattoos’". Variety , February 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ François Lévesque, "Pascal Plante, ou les personnages d’abord". Le Devoir , February 10, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Red Rooms | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
  4. ↑ "Never Steady, Never Still takes the big prizes at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awards". The Georgia Straight , January 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Cinq bonnes raisons de regarder le Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal , June 2, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Meilleur film aux prix Écrans canadiens: les cinq finalistes sont québécois". La Presse , February 7, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Canada's Plante humbled by Cannes selection for film "Nadia, Butterfly"". CityNews Toronto. 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  8. ↑ Pulver, Andrew (2020-05-11). "Cannes abandons 'physical' festival for 2020 but will select films for screening elsewhere". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  9. ↑ Renée Dunk, "Film students strut their stuff". Concordia University, May 10, 2011.
  10. ↑ Burnett, Richard (2020-09-30). "Concordia grad makes a splash at Cannes Film Festival". Concordia. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  11. ↑ "Mar Working with non-professional actors". Main Film. 2022-03-23. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  12. ↑ "Q&A with Nadia, Butterfly Director Pascal Plante". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
  13. ↑ Tim Dams, [https://www.screendaily.com/news/red-rooms-first-trailer-for-pascal-plantes-karlovy-vary-competition-thriller-exclusive/5182666.article "‘Red Rooms’: first trailer for Pascal Plante’s Karlovy Vary competition thriller". Screen Daily , May 30, 2022.
  14. 1 2 Geneviève Bouchard, "Les chambres rouges de Pascal Plante rafle les honneurs à Fantasia". Le Soleil , July 31, 2023.
  15. ↑ "« Vues dans la tête » de Pascal Plante au Festival du film de Rivière-du-Loup". Ici Radio-Canada, January 19, 2024.
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