The Rooster's Crow

The Rooster's Crow

Directed by Alexandre Lefebvre

Genre Fiction
Country Canada (Québec)
Year 2023
Length 17:28 min
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version English subtitles, French

Synopsis

Drowned in a family reunion chaos filled with testosterone and pig roast, REYNALD will try to prove to his nephew, his family but mostly himself that’s he’s still king. 

Themes

family relationships

Biography

Alexandre Lefebvre is a Quebec director and screenwriter who flirts between fiction and documentary filmmaking. He directed a medium-length televisual documentary and 4 short films that won several prices and competed in multiple international festivals. Focused on quest for self-awareness and ways people escape from themselves, his cinema is constructed around raw characters that tries to navigate through everyday life’s drama that always leave behind a bitter aftertaste. 

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Cast

Reynald : Stéphane Jacques
Antoine : Jules Ronfard
Sylvie : France Pilote
Bernard: Daniel Malenfant
Richard: Éric Leblanc
Étienne: Maxime Brillon
Marianne: Marie-Eve Groulx

Team

Production

Léonie Hurtubise (Colonelle films)
Script

Alexandre Lefebvre
CINEMATOGRAPHY

Emile Desroches
PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mathieu Materio
EDITING Philippe Lefebvre
Sound Jordan Choinière, Ilyaa Ghafouri, Hans Laitres
Music Samuel Carrier

Awards

Desertscape International Film Festival, USA |2024| *Best International Short

Festivals

Desertscape International Film Festival, USA |2024| *Best International Short
Cinemania, Canada |2023|
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Canada |2024|
Cinema on the Bayou, USA |2024|
Sarasota Film Festival, USA |2024|