La Garde (film)

La Garde
Directed bySylvain Archambault
Written byDaniel Diaz
Ludovic Huot
Ian Lauzon
Produced byLuc Martineau
Lorraine Richard
StarringPaul Doucet
Antoine L'Écuyer
Sandrine Bisson
CinematographyChristophe Graillot
Jérôme Sabourin
Edited byYvann Thibaudeau
Music byMichel Corriveau
Production
company
Cité-Amérique
Distributed byChristal Films
Release date
  • April 4, 2014 (2014-04-04)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

La Garde is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sylvain Archambault and released in 2014.[1]

The film stars Paul Doucet as Luc Bissailon, a father who abducts his son Samuel {Antoine L'Écuyer) after losing custody in his separation from ex-wife Sylvie (Sandrine Bisson). He takes Samuel to a wilderness location on a hunting trip, only for Samuel to be forced to walk back to town to seek medical help after an accident with the gun results in Luc getting shot.[2]

The film opened in theatres on April 4, 2014.[3]

Danielle Huard received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015.[4]

  1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Garde, La – Film de Sylvain Archambault". Films du Québec, March 25, 2014.
  2. ^ Éric Moreault, "La garde: père en détresse". Le Soleil, March 29, 2014.
  3. ^ André Duchesne, "La garde: un père au bord de l'abîme". La Presse, March 31, 2014.
  4. ^ Jessica Émond-Ferrat, "Xavier Dolan domine les nominations aux Jutra". Métro, January 26, 2015.