The Timekeeper | |
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French | L’Heure de vérité |
Directed by | Louis Bélanger |
Written by | Louis Bélanger Lorraine Dufour |
Based on | The Timekeeper by Trevor Ferguson |
Produced by | Réal Chabot Dean English Karen Powell |
Starring |
Craig Olejnik Stephen McHattie Roy Dupuis |
Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
Edited by | Lorraine Dufour Claude Palardy |
Music by | Guy Bélanger Claude Fradette |
Production companies | Coop Vidéo de Montréal Perfect Circle Productions |
Distributed by | Les Films Séville |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The Timekeeper ( French: L’Heure de vérité) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Louis Bélanger and released in 2009. [1] Adapted from the novel of the same name by Trevor Ferguson, the film stars Craig Olejnik as Martin Bishop, a young man who takes a job on a railway construction crew in the Northwest Territories, but struggles under the harsh cruelty of crew foreman Fisk ( Stephen McHattie). [2] The cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Gary Farmer, Julian Richings and Wayne Robson. [3]
Bélanger's first English-language feature film, [3] it was shot in 2007 in the Port-Cartier and Sept-Îles regions of Quebec. [4] Due to financial problems at distributor Christal Films, the film was not commercially released until it was picked up by Les Films Séville in 2009. [2]
The film received five Jutra Award nominations at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010, for Best Supporting Actor (McHattie), Best Art Direction ( André-Line Beauparlant), Best Costume Design ( Sophie Lefebvre), Best Makeup ( Fanny Vachon) and Best Sound (Marcel Chouinard, Richard Lavoie, Dean Giammarco and Bill Sheppard). [5]
The Timekeeper | |
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French | L’Heure de vérité |
Directed by | Louis Bélanger |
Written by | Louis Bélanger Lorraine Dufour |
Based on | The Timekeeper by Trevor Ferguson |
Produced by | Réal Chabot Dean English Karen Powell |
Starring |
Craig Olejnik Stephen McHattie Roy Dupuis |
Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
Edited by | Lorraine Dufour Claude Palardy |
Music by | Guy Bélanger Claude Fradette |
Production companies | Coop Vidéo de Montréal Perfect Circle Productions |
Distributed by | Les Films Séville |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The Timekeeper ( French: L’Heure de vérité) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Louis Bélanger and released in 2009. [1] Adapted from the novel of the same name by Trevor Ferguson, the film stars Craig Olejnik as Martin Bishop, a young man who takes a job on a railway construction crew in the Northwest Territories, but struggles under the harsh cruelty of crew foreman Fisk ( Stephen McHattie). [2] The cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Gary Farmer, Julian Richings and Wayne Robson. [3]
Bélanger's first English-language feature film, [3] it was shot in 2007 in the Port-Cartier and Sept-Îles regions of Quebec. [4] Due to financial problems at distributor Christal Films, the film was not commercially released until it was picked up by Les Films Séville in 2009. [2]
The film received five Jutra Award nominations at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010, for Best Supporting Actor (McHattie), Best Art Direction ( André-Line Beauparlant), Best Costume Design ( Sophie Lefebvre), Best Makeup ( Fanny Vachon) and Best Sound (Marcel Chouinard, Richard Lavoie, Dean Giammarco and Bill Sheppard). [5]