Petit Pow! Pow! Noël (Yule Croak)
A film by Robert Morin
Synopsis
Drama, video, colour, 91 mins., Québec, Canada, 2005, OFV with English subtitles
Christmas Eve. With a camera in one hand and a syringe in the other, a man enters a long-term care facility with the intention of putting his father on trial and eventually executing him. Complications: the old man is autistic and the attendants bothersome. Countdown: the closed-circuit proceedings last 24 hours. Progression: the avenger finally condemns his whole family, himself included. Finale: the encounter with death ends over a box of chocolate cookies.
Credits
Mentions
2007
Journal La Presse
Listed among the 50 best
Québec films
2005
Le prix de la « Main »
Festival du nouveau cinéma (Montréal, Canada)
Festivals et événements
2008 - L’Hybride – salle de diffusion alternative (Lille, France)
2007 - Festival Bandits-Mages - Biennale (Bourges, France)
2007 - Underdox - dokument und experiment (Allemagne)
2007 - Exposition Aventure cinéma, Musée de la civilisation de Québec (Canada)
2006 - Festival international du documentaire de Marseille - Rétrospective (France)
2006 - Visions du réel - Festival international de cinéma (Nyon, Suisse)
2006 - Festival de cinéma des 3 Amériques (Québec, Canada)
2006 - Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Montréal, Canada)
2005 - Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal (Canada)
Video
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Poster
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