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Directed by | Pedro Pires |
Written by | Pedro Pires |
Based on | Jimmy, créature de rêve by Marie Brassard |
Produced by | Phoebe Greenberg Penny Mancuso |
Starring | Bill Croft Lucas Silveira |
Cinematography | Pedro Pires Jean-François Lord |
Edited by | Pedro Pires Aube Foglia |
Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
Production company | Phi |
Release date |
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Running time | 11 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Hope is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Pedro Pires and released in 2011. [1] Inspired by Marie Brassard's theatrical play Jimmy, créature de rêve, [2] the film depicts a military general (Bill Croft) reflecting on his life as he lays dying on a battlefield. [1]
The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. [3] It was subsequently screened in Montreal as the opening film for selected screenings of Lars von Trier's film Melancholia. [4]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2011. [5] It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 32nd Genie Awards, [6] and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 14th Jutra Awards.
Hope | |
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![]() Film poster | |
Directed by | Pedro Pires |
Written by | Pedro Pires |
Based on | Jimmy, créature de rêve by Marie Brassard |
Produced by | Phoebe Greenberg Penny Mancuso |
Starring | Bill Croft Lucas Silveira |
Cinematography | Pedro Pires Jean-François Lord |
Edited by | Pedro Pires Aube Foglia |
Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
Production company | Phi |
Release date |
|
Running time | 11 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Hope is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Pedro Pires and released in 2011. [1] Inspired by Marie Brassard's theatrical play Jimmy, créature de rêve, [2] the film depicts a military general (Bill Croft) reflecting on his life as he lays dying on a battlefield. [1]
The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. [3] It was subsequently screened in Montreal as the opening film for selected screenings of Lars von Trier's film Melancholia. [4]
The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2011. [5] It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 32nd Genie Awards, [6] and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 14th Jutra Awards.