| Black Eyed Dog | |
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| Directed by | Pierre Gang |
| Written by | Jeremy John Bouchard |
| Produced by | Sam Grana Pierre Gang Louise Jobin |
| Starring | Sonya Salomaa James Hyndman David Boutin Brendan Fletcher |
| Cinematography | Daniel Vincelette |
| Edited by | Aube Foglia |
| Music by | Claude Fradette |
Production company | Sam Grana Productions |
| Distributed by | TVA Films |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Black Eyed Dog is a Canadian drama film, directed by Pierre Gang and released in 2006.[1] The film stars Sonya Salomaa as Betty, a waitress in the small Miramichi-area town of Riverton, New Brunswick, who is going through a personal crisis around her failed dreams of becoming a singer, amid the context of a serial killer terrorizing the area.[2]
The cast also includes James Hyndman, David Boutin, Brendan Fletcher, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Fred Ewanuick, Nadia Litz, Gabriel Gascon, Vlasta Vrana, Charlie Rhindress and Bronwen Mantel in supporting roles.
The film premiered on August 5, 2006, at the Locarno Film Festival,[3] and had its Canadian premiere on August 26 at the Montreal World Film Festival.[4]
Jason Anderson of The Globe and Mail wrote that the film was essentially a pale imitation of a David Adams Richards novel, faring especially poorly in comparison to the 2002 film adaptation of The Bay of Love and Sorrows.[5]
François Laplante received two Jutra Award nominations at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007, for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.[6]