Exiles in Lotusland

Exiles in Lotusland
FrenchLe méchant trip
Directed byIlan Saragosti
Written byIlan Saragosti
Produced byClaudette Jaiko
StarringMélissa Cossette
Dany Nadeau
CinematographyIlan Saragosti
Kirk Tougas
Marc Gadoury
Edited byNatacha Dufaux
Music byJonathan Lander
Avrum Nadigel
Production
company
Release date
  • December 3, 2005 (2005-12-03) (Whistler)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish
French

Exiles in Lotusland (French: Le méchant trip) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Ilan Saragosti and released in 2005.[1] The film centres on Mélissa "Mélo" Cossette and Dany "Ti-Criss" Nadeau, two homeless teenagers from Quebec who have moved to Vancouver, where they are supporting themselves as squeegee kids.[2]

The film premiered at the 2005 Whistler Film Festival,[1] where it won the Borsos Competition award for Best Canadian Film.[3]

  1. ^ a b Michael Kissinger, "Whistler Film Festival not just for ski bums". Vancouver Courier, November 27, 2005.
  2. ^ "Previews portend a fabulous festival of world-class films". Esquimalt News, January 27, 2006.
  3. ^ Alexandra Gill, "Documentary takes feature award at Whistler". The Globe and Mail, December 5, 2005.