My Boy (2018 film)

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My Boy
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French Mon Boy
Directed bySarah Pellerin
Written bySarah Pellerin
Produced byFanny-Laure Malo
Sarah Pellerin
Annie-Claude Quirion
Starring Henri Richer-Picard
Marilyn Castonguay
Alexandre Landry
CinematographyAriel Methot-Bellemare
Edited byCharles Grenier
Production
company
La Boîte à Fanny
Release date
  • September 2018 (2018-09)(TIFF)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

My Boy (French : Mon Boy) is a Canadian short teen drama film, directed by Sarah Pellerin and released in 2018. [1] The film stars Henri Richer-Picard as Louis, a shy, quiet teenager struggling with the rituals and codes of masculinity at his older brother's bachelor party.

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. [2]

The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Short Film at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019, [3] and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. [4]

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