F*ckin' Coffin!
Directed by Loïc Darses
| Genre | Fiction |
| Country | Canada |
| Year | 2021 |
| Length | 29 min |
| Formats | DCP |
| Sound | 5.1 |
| Version | Original French version, English subtitles |
Synopsis
May 20, 1980. After his father's passing, Raymond Tremblay, tax investigator, begins to suspect the funeral home of fraudulent activities. Accompanied by his daughter, little Lucy, he decides to go investigate in his native Saguenay against the backdrop of a referendum on Quebec's sovereignty.
Themes
mourning, father-daughter relationships, death, alcoholism, identity, political electionBiography
Loïc Darses is a Montreal-based Québécois filmmaker. His first short documentary, A Woman and Her Car (2015), was shown in Sundance and Rotterdam. He's also directed Where the Land Ends (2019), his first documentary feature, which was screened at Ji.hlava and in closing of the Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma. Fuckin' Coffin! is his first narrative short.
Cast
RAYMOND TREMBLAY: Emmanuel Bilodeau
LA P’TITE LUCIE: Lilou Roy-Lanouette
SON PÈRE: Marcel Sabourin
Mme DESMARAIS: Louise Portal
JUNIOR DESMARAIS: Olivier Aubin
RÉDACTEUR EN CHEF: Martin Dubreuil
Team
| Production | Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre (producer), Sylvain Corbeil (executive producer), Catherine Boily (associate producer) - Metafilms |
| Script | Loïc Darses |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Olivier Gossot |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | Eric Barbeau |
| EDITING | Loïc Darses , Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
| Sound | Marie-Pierre Grenier, Ken Allaire, Bernard Gariépy Strobl |
| Music | Essaie pas (Marie Davidson, Pierre Guerineau) |
Awards
SPASM, Canada |2021| *Meilleure direction photo
Cinema on the Bayou, US |2023| *NARRATIVE SHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada |2022| *BFL CANADA award
Festivals
SPASM, Canada |2021| Meilleure direction photo
Cinema on the Bayou, US |2023| NARRATIVE SHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD
Gala Prends Ça Court!, Canada |2022| *BFL CANADA award
Festival de Cinéma en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada |2021|
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada |2021|
Longue Vue sur le Court, Canada |2021|
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay, Canada |2022|
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois, Canada |2022|
Akbank International Short Film Festival, Turkey |2022|
Regina International Film Festival & Awards, Canada |2022|
Festival du cinéma de la ville de Québec, Canada |2022|
Festival Les Percéides, Canada |2022|
OFF-Courts de Trouville et Marché, France |2022|
Projection à la Tête d'allumette, Canada |2022|
Ciné-club de St-Fulgence, Canada |2022|
Projection des journées de la Culture (La vitrine), Canada |2022|
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, US |2022|