Beyond the Walls (2008 film)

Beyond the Walls
FrenchLa Battue
Directed byGuy Édoin
Written byGuy Édoin
Produced bySylvain Corbeil
Pascal Bascaron
StarringAmélie Prévost
Denise Dubois
Ghyslaine Brodeur-Édoin
Marie Pelletier
Marie-Josée Forget
CinematographySerge Desrosiers
Edited byMathieu Denis
Music byPierre Desrochers
Production
company
Metafilms
Distributed byLocomotion Distributions
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Beyond the Walls (French: La Battue) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Guy Édoin and released in 2008.[1] The third and final film in his "Les Affluents" trilogy of short films on rural themes, following The Bridge (Le pont) in 2004 and The Dead Water (Les eaux mortes) in 2006,[2] the film centres on a young woman's troubled relationship with her mother, who regularly forces her to go hunting against her will.

The film's cast includes Amélie Prévost, Denise Dubois, Ghyslaine Brodeur-Édoin, Marie Pelletier and Marie-Josée Forget.

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2008.[3] It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 29th Genie Awards,[4] and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 11th Jutra Awards.[5]

All three films in the trilogy were subsequently released as bonus features on the DVD release of Édoin's feature film debut Wetlands (Marécages) in 2012.[6]

  1. ^ "Cinéma - Le retour à la terre de Guy Édoin". Le Devoir, October 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Kevin Laforest, "Les Affluents : Brève cinéma 2008-10-16". Voir, October 16, 2008.
  3. ^ Glenn Sumi, "Feting the best of the year". Now, December 17, 2008.
  4. ^ Peter Knegt, "“Necessities of Life” Leads Genie Nods". IndieWire, February 10, 2009.
  5. ^ "Jutra 2009: Ce qu’il faut pour vivre illumine la soirée". Films du Québec, April 2, 2009.
  6. ^ "Sortie du DVD". Le Journal de Montréal, February 21, 2012.