Josh is an ordinary teen living in an ordinary suburb, wedged between high school, the mine and the skate park. One morning, he finds his friend Thomas’ dead body. Next, he discovers that three more friends also killed themselves, leaving him out of their pact. As the sole survivor, Josh becomes more and more detached from the world around him. Only Mia, his best friend’s girlfriend, can reach him. With more questions than answers, Josh’s story is that of a survivor. It is a modern portrait of today’s teens: invincible yet fragile, clear-thinking yet confused, idealistic yet jaded.
Director
Yves-Christian Fournier
Screenwriter
Guillaume Vigneault
with the collaboration of Yves-Christian Fournier
Producer
Nicole Robert
Cast
Maxime Dumontier
Chloé Bourgeois
Official selection
Göteborg International Film Festival, Sweden, 2009
BUFF Film Festival, Malmö, Sweden, 2009
Nashville Film Festival, USA, 2009
Wild Windhoek International Film Festival, Namibia, 2009
Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama Section, Germany, 2008
Seattle International Film Festival, USA, 2008
Taipei International Film Festival, Taiwan, 2008
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, 2008
Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia, 2008
Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico, 2008
Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, France, 2008
Chungmuro International Film Festival, South Korea, 2008
BUSTER – Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children & Youth, Denmark, 2008
Namur Francophone Film Festival, Belgium, 2008
Mill Valley Film Festival, USA, 2008
Vienna International Film Festival, Austria, 2008
Auxerre Music and Cinema Film Festival, France, 2008
Sarlat Film Festival, France, 2008
Cineactiv’Pamplona Film Festival, Spain, 2008
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece, 2008
Denver Film Festival, USA, 2008
Sydney’s Canadian Film Festival, Australia, 2008
Ale Kino International Film Festival for Youth, Poznan Poland, 2008
Würzburg Filmwochenende Festival, Germany, 2008
Opening feature, Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Montreal, Canada, 2008
2009 Genie Awards
Winner – Claude Jutra Award
Nomination – Best film
Nomination -Best photography
Nomination -Best direction
Nomination -Best original score
Nomination -Best supporting actor – Normand D’Amour
Nomination – Best supporting actress – Anie Pascale
Nomination -Best screenplay
Jutra 2009
Winner – Best supporting actor – Normand D’Amour
Nomination – Best screenplay
Nomination – Best sound
Nomination – Best direction
Nomination – Most honored and projected film outside Quebec
2008 Seattle International Film Festival
Winner – Jury Grand Prize
2008 Giffoni Film Festival
Winner – Arca Prize, Youth Cinema
2008 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival
Winner – Valois best actor
2008 Namur Francophone Film Festival
Winner – Golden Bayard best script and New technologies
Winner – First Feature Competition
2008 Auxerre Music and Cinema Festival
Winner – Jury Award
Winner – Public Jury Award
Winner – Auditors of France Bleue award
2008 Sarlat Festival
Winner – TPS Award
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