Black Forest (2018 film)

Black Forest (French: Forêt Noire) is a short drama film, directed by Philippe-David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy and released in 2018.[1] A coproduction of companies from Canada and France, the film centres on three Canadian women travelling in the Jura department of France, who are accused of murder and are ordered by the judge to participate in a forensic reconstruction of the crime.[2]

Black Forest
Film poster
Forêt Noire
Directed byPhilippe-David Gagné
Jean-Marc E. Roy
Produced byPhilippe David Gagné
Julie Groleau
Thierry Lounas
Jean Marc E. Roy
Written byPhilippe-David Gagné
Jean-Marc E. Roy
Daisy Sadler
StarringPascale Montpetit
Nadia Essadiqi
Charli Arcouette-Martineau
Jean-Carl Boucher
Music byAmaury Chabauty
CinematographyOlivier Gossot
Edited byPhilippe-David Gagné
Jean-Marc E. Roy
Production
company
La Boîte de Pickup
Capricci Films
Canal+
Distributed bySpira
Release date
  • December 1, 2018 (2018-12-01)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast includes Charli Arcouette-Martineau, Bernard Belley, Jean-Carl Boucher, Érika Brisson, Paul-Henri Callens, Philippe Dillembourg, Nadia Essadiqi, Josée Gagnon, Luc Gauthier, Joanie Guérin, Fayolle Jean, Pascale Montpetit, Christian Ouellet, Guillaume Ouellet, Bruno Piccolo and Sasha Samar.

Although set in France, the film was shot primarily in Saguenay, Quebec, most notably at the Père-Honorat mill in Laterrière.[3]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[4]

References
  1. André Duchesne, "Nouveau court pour le tandem Gagné-Roy". La Presse, May 12, 2018.
  2. Anne-Marie Gravel, "Forêt Noire en lice aux prix Écrans canadiens". Le Quotidien, February 18, 2020.
  3. Guillaume St-Pierre, "La cerise sur le sundae". Le Quotidien, May 3, 2018.
  4. "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.


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