Shambles (film)

Shambles
Theatrical release poster
FrenchMaudite poutine
Directed byKarl Lemieux
Written byKarl Lemieux
Marie-Douce St-Jacques
Produced bySylvain Corbeil
Nancy Grant
StarringJean-Simon Leduc
Martin Dubreuil
François Aubin
CinematographyMathieu Laverdière
Edited byMarc Boucrot
Production
company
Metafilms
Release date
  • September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Shambles (French: Maudite poutine) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec. Directed by Karl Lemieux, the film premiered at the 2016 Venice Film Festival[1] before going into theatrical release in Canada in 2017.[2]

The film stars Jean-Simon Leduc as Vincent, a punk rock musician, who while on the run from the mob after stealing $10,000 worth of marijuana, reconnects with his estranged brother (Martin Dubreuil) whose life is also in a downward spiral.[3] The film's original title is a standard Quebec French idiom which literally translates as "damned mess" or "shambles", and is not a reference to poutine in the culinary sense.[3]

The film garnered four Prix Iris nominations at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Après 7 ans de travail, Maudite poutine présenté à Venise" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. September 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Maudite poutine: le son "dans le piton"". La Presse (in French). January 27, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Review: Plot is just gravy in Karl Lemieux's evocative Maudite poutine". Montreal Gazette. January 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "Prix Iris : Annonce des finaliste et autres surprises". Atuvu (in French). April 5, 2017.
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