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Anne Dorval | ... |
Diane 'Die' Després
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Suzanne Clément | ... |
Kyla
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Antoine Olivier Pilon | ... |
Steve O'Connor Després
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Patrick Huard | ... |
Paul
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Alexandre Goyette | ... |
Patrick
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Michèle Lituac | ... |
Directrice du centre correctionnel
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Viviane Pacal | ... |
Marthe
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Natalie Hamel-Roy | ... |
Natacha
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Isabelle Nélisse | ... |
Fille de Kyla
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Ted Pluviose | ... |
Chauffeur de taxi
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Pierre-Yves Cardinal | ... |
Gardien de sécurité #1
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Reda Guerinik | ... |
Gardes de securite
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Justin Laramée | ... |
Gardes de securite
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Sabrina Bisson | ... |
DJ Karaoke
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Huguette Gervais | ... |
Calssiere librairie
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Vincent Fafard | ... |
Joueur de billard
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Jean-Philippe Baril-Guérard | ... |
Joueur de billard
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Dominic Desnoyers | ... |
Joueur de billard
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Guenièvre Sandré | ... |
Copines joueurs de billard
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Isabeau Blanche | ... |
Copines joueurs de billard
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Catherine Brunet | ... |
Jeune barmaid
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Johanne Garneau | ... |
Vieille barmaid
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Michael Rudder | ... |
Huissier
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Robin-Joël Cool | ... |
Docteur
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Guillaume Laurin | ... |
Infirmier
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Mathieu Dufresne | ... |
Ambulancier
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Stéphane Julien | ... |
Conducteur Jeep
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Julie De Lafrenière | ... |
Receptionniste
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Sylvie Lemay | ... |
Caissiere banque
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Danielle Lepine | ... |
Femme au foyer
(as Danielle Lépine)
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Jeanne Roux-Cote | ... |
Femme de Steve
(as Jeanne Roux-Cête)
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Rosalie Fortier | ... |
Petite amie de Steve
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Pierre-François Bouffard | ... |
Postman (uncredited)
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Steven Chevrin | ... |
Adult Steve (uncredited)
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Directed by
Xavier Dolan |
Written by
Xavier Dolan | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
Sylvain Corbeil | ... | associate producer |
Xavier Dolan | ... | producer |
Nancy Grant | ... | producer |
Lyse Lafontaine | ... | associate producer |
Music by
Noia |
Cinematography by
André Turpin | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
Xavier Dolan |
Editorial Department
Jérôme Cloutier | ... | colorist |
Amélie Labrèche | ... | assistant editor |
Sophie Leblond | ... | Editing consultant |
Tom Purdy | ... | on set editor |
Casting By
Nathalie Boutrie | ... | casting co-director |
Production Design by
Colombe Raby |
Set Decoration by
Jean-Charles Claveau | ||
Pascale Deschênes |
Costume Design by
François Barbeau | ||
Xavier Dolan |
Makeup Department
Michelle Côté | ... | hair head department |
Erik Gosselin | ... | special makeup effects designer |
Annie Jalbert | ... | wig maker |
Colette Martel | ... | key hair stylist |
Maïna Militza | ... | key makeup artist |
Rocco Stallone | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
Carole Mondello | ... | production manager |
Germain Petitclerc | ... | production manager |
Pierre Thériault | ... | post-production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lili-Anne Crevier | ... | second assistant director |
Sinan Saber | ... | first assistant director |
Art Department
Alain Brochu | ... | construction supervisor |
Louis Cyr | ... | prop buyer |
Stéphane Daoust | ... | set dresser |
Martin Gauthier | ... | property master |
Alain Giguère | ... | key head painter |
Amélie Joyal | ... | assistant property master |
Michel R. Lambert | ... | set dresser |
Raymond Larose | ... | set designer |
Olivier Proulx | ... | prop designer |
Renaud St-Laurent | ... | scenic technician |
Charles-Olivier Tremblay | ... | art department assistant |
Sound Department
Rachelle Bergeron | ... | adr coordinator |
Sylvain Brassard | ... | sound designer / sound mixer / sound supervisor |
Jo Caron | ... | foley mixer |
Benoît Dame | ... | sound editor |
Isabelle Favreau | ... | dialogue editor |
Guy Francoeur | ... | foley artist |
Laurent Ouellette | ... | assistant foley artist |
Visual Effects by
Maris Abolins | ... | digital compositor: Alchemy24 |
Mylene Brisson | ... | digital restoration supervisor |
Mathieu Dalbec | ... | digital restoration artist |
Jean-François Ferland | ... | visual effects supervisor: Alchemy24 |
Dave Gagnon | ... | digital compositor: Alchemy24 |
Maxime Lapointe | ... | digital compositor: Alchemy24 |
Simon Mercier | ... | digital compositor |
Catherine Nadeau | ... | vfx operation manager: Alchemy24 |
Marc-Olivier Parent | ... | visual effects artist |
Olivier Péloquin | ... | lead artist: Alchemy24 |
Perceval Simoneau | ... | digital compositor: Alchemy24 |
Jay Tu | ... | digital compositor: Alchemy24 |
Yuanyuan Wang | ... | digital compositor: Alchemy24 |
Yi Zhang | ... | digital compositor: Alchemy24 |
Qi Zhou | ... | digital compositor: Alchemy24 |
Erik Carbonneau | ... | digital restoration artist (uncredited) |
Stunts
Nancy Bouchard | ... | stunt driving double: Diane |
Mike Chute | ... | stunt driver |
Stéphane Julien | ... | stunt coordinator |
Stéphane Lefebvre | ... | stunt coordinator (as Stéphane Lefèbvre) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Francois Archambault | ... | camera operator: "a" camera |
Eric Bensoussan | ... | additional first assistant camera |
Anne-Marie Cowsill | ... | key grip |
Marina Klimoff | ... | lighting technician |
Denis Lamothe | ... | gaffer |
Shayne Laverdière | ... | still photographer |
Marc Lemieux | ... | second assistant camera |
Guillaume Parisien | ... | first assistant camera |
Shawn Pavlin | ... | clapper loader |
Casting Department
Julie Breton | ... | extras casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sophie Beasse | ... | set costumer |
Sophie Lemay | ... | wardrobe assistant |
Music Department
Linwood Bell | ... | incidental music |
Script and Continuity Department
Nathalie Paquette | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Vincent Belisle-Ducharme | ... | production assistant |
Xavier Dolan | ... | english subtitles / french subtitles |
Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre | ... | production assistant |
Claire Gascoyne | ... | press: international |
Jean-Patrick Joseph | ... | special equipment supplier |
Mélanie Simard | ... | production assistant |
Pierre Thériault | ... | post-production supervisor |
Annie Tremblay | ... | publicity: Québec/Canada |
Thanks
Beck | ... | thanks: Xavier Dolan |
Sylvain Brassard | ... | thanks: Xavier Dolan |
Steven Chevrin | ... | thanks: Metafilm |
Ludovico Einaudi | ... | thanks: Xavier Dolan |
Jean-François Ferland | ... | very special thanks |
Nancy Grant | ... | thanks: Xavier Dolan |
Shayne Laverdière | ... | thanks: Xavier Dolan |
Tomika Smalls | ... | very special thanks |
Production Companies
- Les Films Seville (presents)
- Metafilms
- Sons of Manual
- Téléfilm Canada (with the participation of)
- Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC) (with the participation of)
- Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit (with the participation of)
- Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) (with the participation of)
- Radio Canada (with the participation of)
- Super Ecran (with the collaboration of)
- ARTV (with the collaboration of)
Distributors
- Les Films Seville (2014) (Canada)
- ABC Distribution (2014) (Belgium) (theatrical)
- Atlantic Film (2015) (Finland) (DVD) (theatrical)
- Atnine Film (2015) (South Korea) (theatrical)
- CDI Films (2015) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- CDI Films (2015) (Chile) (theatrical)
- Cinemien (2014) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Diaphana Distribution (2014) (France) (theatrical)
- Edko Films (2015) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
- Entertainment One (2014) (Canada) (theatrical)
- MK2 Diffusion (2014) (France) (theatrical)
- Maison Motion (2015) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
- Pictures Dept. (2015) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Roadside Attractions (2014) (United States) (theatrical)
- Sharmill Films (2015) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Weird Wave (2015) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Weltkino Filmverleih (2014) (Germany) (theatrical)
- 101 Films (2016) (United Kingdom)
- Alambique Filmes (2014) (Portugal) (as Alambique Destilaria de Ideias)
- Arthaus (2015) (Germany) (DVD)
- Arthaus (2015) (Germany) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Avalon (2014) (Spain)
- Entertainment One (2015) (Canada) (DVD)
- Good Films (2014) (Italy)
- Kurmaca Film (2014) (Turkey)
- Moviemax Festival (2015) (Turkey) (tv) (Cable)
- NDMantarraya (2015) (Mexico)
- Provzglyad (2014) (Russia)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2017) (Germany) (DVD) (release through)
- Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) (2016) (Netherlands) (tv) (NPO2)
- Weird Wave (2015) (Greece) (DVD)
- Weltkino Filmverleih (2017) (Germany) (DVD) (and Blu-ray)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2019) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
- Alchemy 24 (visual effects)
Other Companies
- A & R Brochu Construction (set construction company)
- Bbo Subtitulado (spanish subtitles and translation for dubbing)
- MELS (sound stages)
- Premier PR (publicity: International)
- Toronto International Film Festival (festival)
- Visual Motion (camera trucks and trailers)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Forty-six year old Diane Després - "Die" - has been widowed for three years. Considered white trash by many, Die does whatever she needs, including strutting her body in front of male employers who will look, to make an honest living. That bread-winning ability is affected when she makes the decision to remove her only offspring, fifteen year old Steve Després, from her previously imposed institutionalization, one step below juvenile detention. She institutionalized him shortly following her husband's death due to Steve's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and his violent outbursts. He was just kicked out of the latest in a long line of facilities for setting fire to the cafeteria, in turn injuring another boy. She made this decision to deinstitutionalize him as she didn't like the alternative, sending him into more restrictive juvenile detention from which he would probably never be rehabilitated. However, with this deinstitutionalization, she has to take care of him which means only being able to do home based work. Despite they always yelling expletives at each other and Steve sometimes demonstrating those violent tendencies toward her, Die and Steve truly do love each other, his emotions which are sometimes manifested as an Oedipus complex especially as he seems to need her complete attention most specifically when it is being directed at possible male suitors. Their lives, both individually and as a family, are affected with the entrance of two of their neighbors. The first is Paul, a lawyer, who does have that sexual interest in Die as he tries to help Steve through his legal problems. The second and more important is Kyla, who lives across the street with her husband Patrick and their adolescent daughter, they who are in transit in their life to wherever Patrick's job will take them. Kyla is a high school teacher on sabbatical as she deals with her own emotional issues, which are manifested in stuttering whenever she feels incapable of dealing with her life. Kyla may find that she needs the Després as much as they need her. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | "We still love each other, right?" - "That's we're best at, buddy." See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Most of the film is presented in a 1:1 aspect ratio, where the "viewing area" of the screen is a perfect square. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Top 10 Movies by Canadian Directors (2016). See more » |
Soundtracks | Childhood See more » |
Quotes |
Steve Després:
We still love each other, right? Diane 'Die' Després: That's what we're best at, buddy. See more » |