Blue Thunder (2015 film)

Blue Thunder
FrenchBleu tonnerre
Directed byPhilippe-David Gagné
Jean-Marc E. Roy
Written byPhilippe-David Gagné
Jean-Marc E. Roy
Produced byMénaïc Raoul
Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette
StarringDany Placard
Isabelle Blais
Sandrine Bisson
Louis Champagne
CinematographyOlivier Gossot
Edited byPhilippe-David Gagné
Jean-Marc E. Roy
Music byDany Placard
Production
company
Voyelles Films
Release date
  • March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12) (Saguenay)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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]

  1. ^ a b "Dany Placard en vedette du conte rural chanté Bleu tonnerre : La trame sonore en écoute". Voir, March 12, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Bleu tonnerre, de Saguenay à Cannes". La Presse, May 17, 2015.
  3. ^ "Bleu tonnerre: une comédie musicale folk primée à Regard sur le court métrage". Voir, March 14, 2015.
  4. ^ "Bleu Tonnerre aux prix Jutra". Le Quotidien, January 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016.