Struggle
Directed by Sophie Dupuis
| Genre | Fiction |
| Country | Quebec |
| Year | 2012 |
| Length | 24 min |
| Formats | DVD, DCP, HDCAM |
| Sound | 5.1 |
| Version | Original French version, English subtitles |
Synopsis
Ariane lives in Val-d’Or. She will soon stay in the big city. So she gets ready to leave everything behind and to say bye to her brother. But the sexual tension between them, that they always struggle with, seems to take all the place.
Themes
family relationships, teenagers, incest, sexual relationships, affective disorder, brother-sister relationshipsBiography
Sophie Dupuis is a young filmmaker from Val d'Or, who studied at Concordia and UQAM. She has shot several short films, including J'viendrai t'chercher, in 2007, who made an extensive tour of festivals where it won several awards. In 2008, she was fortunate to be invited to France to shoot her movie Si tu savais Rosalie, through the import / export Festival Off-Court of Trouville-sur-Mer. Meanwhile, she directed the short film Felix and Malou, who was nominated in the Best Short Film at section 2011 Jutra. She has just finished her latest short fiction, The young writer and filmmaker currently developing a web of interactive fiction as well as writing her first feature film that tells a story from the mines in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
Cast
Noémi Lira, Antoine Paquin, Sonia Vigneault
Team
| Production | Metafilms |
| Script | Sophie Dupuis |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Marie Davignon |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | Nadine Lisée |
| EDITING | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
| Sound | Patrice Leblanc (Bande À Part) |
| Music | Sébastien Tremblay (Compositeur), Jim Angellilo, Dominic Pigeon |
Awards
Prix Prends ça court! | 2013 | PRIX ARRQ MEILLEURE MISE EN SCÈNE, PRIX COUPE DU COURT VISION GLOBALE
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois | 2013 | MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE DE FICTION
Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay | 2013 | MEILLEURE RÉALISATION
Olhar de Cinema Curtiba | 2013 | AWARD FOR ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
Festivals
Toronto International Film Festival
Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
Festival du nouveau cinéma
Uppsala Film Festival
French Film Festival UK
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
Regard sur le court métrage
Festival du Film de la Relève
Festival international de court-métrage de Dresde
Mecal International Short Film Festival
Indie Lisboa
iShorts
Kyiv International Short Film Festival
Olhar de Cinema Curtiba