Virga

Virga

Directed by Jean-François Leblanc

Genre Fiction
Country Canada (Quebec)
Year 2023
Length 23m59s
Formats DCP
Sound 5.1
Version English subtitles, French

Synopsis

Pascal suspects the worst when he reads the post of Jérémy, a former classmate. He immediately alerts the police, convinced that Jérémy is on the verge of attacking his ex-colleagues. Feeling that the police won’t do anything, Pascal decides to go help the young man himself.

Themes


Biography

Born in Quebec City, Jean-François has directed several short films including The Guy From Work (TIFF 2015), The Prince of Val-Bé (SIFF 2019) and Landgraves (55 festival selections, 17 awards). Virga is his eighth short film. He is currently working on the development of two feature films.



Cast

Pascal : Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard
Jérémy : André Kasper

Team

Production

Geneviève Gosselin-G. (Unité Centrale)

Script

Charles Dionne

CINEMATOGRAPHY

François Messier-Rheault

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Gabrielle Bossé-Beal

EDITING Jules Saulnier
Sound Laurent Ouellette, Simon Gervais, Stéphane Bergeron
Music Xavier Germain-Poitras

Festivals

Festival Regard, Canada (Québec) |2023|