Barefoot at Dawn

Barefoot at Dawn
FrenchPieds nus dans l'aube
Directed byFrancis Leclerc
Written byFrancis Leclerc
Fred Pellerin
Based onPieds nus dans l'aube by Félix Leclerc
Produced byAntonello Cozzolino
StarringJustin Leyrolles-Bouchard
Roy Dupuis
Catherine Sénart
Robert Lepage
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byIsabelle Malenfant
Music byLuc Sicard
Production
company
Attraction Images
Distributed byLes Films Séville
Release date
  • September 20, 2017 (2017-09-20) (Quebec City Film Festival)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Barefoot at Dawn (French: Pieds nus dans l'aube) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Francis Leclerc and released in 2017.[1] Written by Leclerc and Fred Pellerin as an adaptation of Félix Leclerc's semi-autobiographical novel Pieds nus dans l'aube, the film stars Justin Leyrolles-Bouchard as the young Félix Leclerc growing up in La Tuque, Quebec.[2] Roy Dupuis and Catherine Sénart also appear as Félix's parents, Leo and Fabiola Leclerc, and Robert Lepage as his uncle Rodolphe.[3]

The film represented Francis Leclerc's first attempt to openly address his legacy as the son of Félix Leclerc, one of Quebec's musical icons, in his own work.[1]

The film received three Prix Iris nominations at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018: Best Cinematography (Steve Asselin), Best Costume Design (Josée Castonguay) and Best Visual Effects.[4]

  1. ^ a b "A classic Québécois story gets a familial film treatment". Cult MTL, October 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "«Pieds nus dans l’aube» — La poésie de l’enfance". Le Devoir, October 21, 2017.
  3. ^ "Pieds nus dans l'aube: très beau, mais trop... parfait?". La Presse, October 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "«Hochelaga» et «Le problème d'infiltration» dominent les nominations aux prix Iris". Le Soleil, April 10, 2018.