Letters of Transit (film)

Letters of Transit
FrenchLes Sauf-conduits
Directed byManon Briand
Written byManon Briand
Produced byManon Briand
StarringJulie Lavergne
Patrick Goyette
Luc Picard
CinematographyYves Bélanger
Edited byRichard Comeau
Music byPierre Messier
Production
company
Les Films de l'Autre
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Letters of Transit (French: Les Sauf-conduits) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Manon Briand and released in 1991.[1] The film stars Julie Lavergne, Patrick Goyette and Luc Picard as Alice, Hubert and Marc, three people who become drawn into a love triangle while participating in a community attempt to establish a world record for egg tossing.[1]

At the 1992 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Briand won the Bourse Claude-Jutra for Most Promising Young Director, and Picard won the Prix Luce-Guilbault for Most Promising Young Actor.[2] In 1992 the film won Canada's Golden Sheaf Awards for Best Drama Over 30 Minutes and Best Director at the Yorkton Film Festival.[3] The film was later screened at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[4]

  1. ^ a b André Roy, "L’hommelette: Moyen métrage. Les sauf-conduits de Manon Briand". 24 images, Vol, 57 (Winter 1992). p. 73.
  2. ^ John Griffin, "La Sarrasine shows that cultural clashes are not something new". Montreal Gazette, February 16, 1992.
  3. ^ "Canada's Golden Sheaf Award Winners 1992" (PDF). Yorkton Film Festival. 1992. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ Jane Stevenson, "Robert Morin's Requiem is top Canadian feature film at Festival of Festivals". Montreal Gazette, September 21, 1992.