Tuktuq

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Tuktuq
Affiche 217 Tuktuq Fr.jpg
Directed by Robin Aubert
Written byRobin Aubert
Produced byRobin Aubert
StarringRobin Aubert
Robert Morin
Brigitte Poupart
CinematographyRobin Aubert
Edited byRobin Aubert
Music byRené Lussier
Production
companies
Lynx Films
PRIM Centre D'arts Médiatiques
Post-Moderne
Distributed byK Films Amérique
Release date
  • November 1, 2016 (2016-11-01)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Tuktuq is a Canadian docufiction film from Quebec, directed by Robin Aubert and released in 2016. [1] The film stars Aubert as Martin Brodeur, a cameraman who is sent to a small Inuit village in the Nunavik region of Quebec as part of a government project to film the community, but soon learns that the reason behind the project is that the residents are about to be forcibly displaced as part of a major new hydroelectricity development. [2]

The film's cast also includes Robert Morin in a voice role as the government minister, and Brigitte Poupart as his ex-girlfriend. It was made while Aubert was on a cultural exchange residency in Kangiqsujuaq in 2012. [2]

The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Morin) and Best Editing (Aubert). [3]

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References

  1. "Tuktuq: naissance d'une conscience". La Presse , March 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "TUKTUQ DE ROBIN AUBERT: LETTRE AU PÈRE". Voir , March 24, 2017.
  3. "«Hochelaga» et «Le problème d'infiltration» dominent les nominations aux prix Iris". Le Soleil , April 10, 2018.