A Life Begins | |
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French | Une vie qui commence |
Directed by | Michel Monty |
Written by | Michel Monty |
Produced by |
Pierre Even Josée Vallée |
Starring |
Julie Le Breton Raymond Cloutier Rita Lafontaine François Papineau Charles Antoine Perreault |
Cinematography | Michel La Veaux |
Edited by | Dominique Fortin |
Production companies | Cirrus Communications Item 7 |
Distributed by | Alliance Vivafilm |
Release dates |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
A Life Begins ( French: Une vie qui commence) is a 2010 Canadian French language drama film, directed and written by Michel Monty, his debut long feature. [1] The film's original working title was Cent milliards de neurones ("One Hundred Billion Neurons"). [2]
Following the death of his doctor father ( François Papineau) from an overdose of prescription drugs in the 1960s, 12-year-old Étienne ( Charles Antoine Perreault) starts down the same path in an obsessive attempt to both replace and honor his memory. [3]
The film received six Jutra Award nominations at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012, for Best Actor (Perreault), Best Actress (Le Breton), Best Supporting Actor (Papineau), Best Costume Design ( Ginette Magny), Best Hair ( Martin Lapointe) and Best Makeup ( Diane Simard). [4]