The United States of Albert

The United States of Albert
FrenchLes États-Unis d'Albert
Directed byAndré Forcier
Written byAndré Forcier
Linda Pinet
Produced byYves Fortin
David Kodsi
André Martin
StarringÉric Bruneau
Émilie Dequenne
Roy Dupuis
CinematographyDaniel Jobin
Edited byElisabeth Guido
Music byJean-Philippe Héritier
Production
companies
Productions Thalie
Link's Productions
Bohemian Films
Distributed byChristal Films
Release date
  • April 8, 2005 (2005-04-08)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The United States of Albert (French: Les États-Unis d'Albert) is a Canadian, French and Swiss co-produced comedy-drama film, directed by André Forcier and released in 2005.[1] The film stars Éric Bruneau as Albert Renaud, a young actor in Montreal who dreams of becoming a movie star in Hollywood, and sets off on a road trip across the United States in pursuit of his dreams; en route, he meets a variety of characters including Grace Carson (Émilie Dequenne), a young Mormon woman with whom he falls in love, and Jack Decker (Roy Dupuis), a mentally unstable man who takes Albert golfing in the Arizona desert.[2]

Cast

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Reception

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Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette panned the film, writing that Forcier's decision to cast a mixture of Québécois and European actors resulted in a distracting diversity of accents and that it strained credulity that the American characters Albert met on his trip would all be able to speak French.[2]

Gilles Aird received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Art Direction at the 8th Jutra Awards in 2006.[3] The film was a Lumières Award nominee for Best French-Language Film at the 12th Lumières Awards in 2007.

References

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  1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Etats-Unis d’Albert, Les – Film d’André Forcier". Films du Québec, January 6, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Brendan Kelly, "A goofy, surreal road trip". Montreal Gazette, April 8, 2005.
  3. ^ Brendan Kelly, "C.R.A.Z.Y. faces off against Maurice Richard with 14 nominations apiece". Montreal Gazette, February 8, 2006.
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