Ésimésac

Ésimésac is a Canadian fantasy drama film, directed by Luc Picard and released in 2012.[1] Although an unofficial sequel to the 2008 film Babine, unlike the earlier film Ésimésac was not directly based on Fred Pellerin's previously published stories; instead, the film's screenplay placed some of Pellerin's established characters in a new original story.[2]

Ésimésac
Film poster
Directed byLuc Picard
Produced byLuc Martineau
Lorraine Richard
Written by
StarringNicola-Frank Vachon
Gildor Roy
Sophie Nélisse
Marie Brassard
Narrated byFred Pellerin
Music byMichel Corriveau
CinematographyFrançois Dutil
Edited byYvann Thibaudeau
Production
company
Cité-Amérique
Distributed byAttraction Distribution
Release date
  • November 30, 2012 (2012-11-30)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film stars Nicola-Frank Vachon as Ésimésac Gélinas, a young but physically strong man whose distinguishing trait is that he does not cast a shadow.[3] He convinces the village of Saint-Élie-de-Caxton to plant and maintain a community garden after an economic crisis has left many of the townspeople hungry, but finds himself in conflict with village blacksmith Riopel's (Gildor Roy) plan to focus on building tracks for a railroad.[4]

The film's cast also includes Picard as Toussaint Brodeur, Sophie Nélisse as Marie Gélinas, Marie-Chantal Perron as Jeannette Brodeur, Marie Brassard as Madame Gélinas, Maude Laurendeau as Lurette Riopelle, René Richard Cyr as Méo Bellemare, Alain Sauvage as Le Curé Flambant, Isabel Richer as the Witch, and Denis Trudel as Hubert.

The film received five Prix Jutra nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2013, for Best Supporting Actor (Roy), Best Makeup (Kathryn Casault), Best Costume Design (Carmen Alie), Best Score (Michel Corriveau) and Best Hairstyling (Denis Parent).[5] Alie won the award for costume design.[6]

References
  1. "Esimésac – Film de Luc Picard". Films du Québec, October 30, 2012.
  2. "Power of Fred Pellerin's storytelling doesn't transfer well to big screen". Montreal Gazette, November 30, 2012.
  3. "«Ésimesac» est une metaphore sur l'ego, dit Luc Picard". Canadian Press, February 8, 2012.
  4. "Storyteller weaves more magic on screen; Fred Pellerin teams with director Luc Picard for second feature film". Montreal Gazette, November 26, 2012.
  5. "«Laurence Anyways» et «Rebelle» dominent la course en vue des Jutra". Canadian Press, January 31, 2013.
  6. "Jutra Awards soiree fails to elicit much drama; Rebelle the big winner while Michel Cote takes home lifetime achievement award". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 2013.


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