Blue Thunder (2015 film)
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French | Bleu tonnerre |
Directed by | Philippe-David Gagné Jean-Marc E. Roy |
Written by | Philippe-David Gagné Jean-Marc E. Roy |
Produced by | Ménaïc Raoul Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette |
Starring | Dany Placard Isabelle Blais Sandrine Bisson Louis Champagne |
Cinematography | Olivier Gossot |
Edited by | Philippe-David Gagné Jean-Marc E. Roy |
Music by | Dany Placard |
Production company | Voyelles Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 21 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Blue Thunder (French: Bleu tonnerre) is a Canadian short musical comedy-drama film, directed by Philippe-David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy and released in 2015.[1]
The film stars Dany Placard as Bruno, a sawmill worker whose girlfriend (Isabelle Blais) breaks up with him after suffering a miscarriage. Losing both his home and his job in the aftermath, Bruno is not defeated, but rather decides to rekindle his long-dormant dream of becoming a professional wrestler.[2] The film also stars Sandrine Bisson and Louis Champagne.
The film premiered at the Saguenay International Short Film Festival in March 2015,[1] where it won the Prix créativité and the Bourse de création régionale.[3] It was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival,[2] where it received an honorable mention from the Illy Prize jury.
The film received a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best Short Film at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards,[4] and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Dany Placard en vedette du conte rural chanté Bleu tonnerre : La trame sonore en écoute". Voir, March 12, 2015.
- ^ a b "Bleu tonnerre, de Saguenay à Cannes". La Presse, May 17, 2015.
- ^ "Bleu tonnerre: une comédie musicale folk primée à Regard sur le court métrage". Voir, March 14, 2015.
- ^ "Bleu Tonnerre aux prix Jutra". Le Quotidien, January 26, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Blue Thunder at IMDb
- 2015 films
- 2015 short films
- 2010s musical comedy-drama films
- Canadian musical comedy-drama films
- Quebec films
- French-language Canadian films
- Films directed by Jean-Marc E. Roy
- Films directed by Philippe David Gagné
- Canadian comedy-drama short films
- 2010s Canadian films
- 2015 musical films
- Canadian musical short films
- 2010s Canadian film stubs