Maurice (2015 film)

Maurice
Directed byFrançois Jaros
Written byFrançois Jaros
Marie-Eve Leclerc-Dion
Produced byFanny-Laure Malo
François Jaros
StarringRichard Fréchette
CinematographyOlivier Gossot
Edited byMichel Arcand
Music byPhilippe Leduc
Production
company
La Boîte à Fanny
Release date
  • March 13, 2015 (2015-03-13) (Regard)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Maurice is a Canadian short drama film, directed by François Jaros and released in 2015.[1] The film stars Richard Fréchette as Maurice, a man with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who is making his final preparations before his planned death by assisted suicide.[2]

The cast also includes Andrée Cousineau, Yves Jacques, François Lambert, Pierre Lenoir, Alice Pascual and Fred-Eric Salvail.

The film premiered in March 2015 at the Regard short film festival in Saguenay, Quebec.[2] It was subsequently screened at the Fantasia International Film Festival, where it won the Cheval noir for best short film.[3]

The film won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 18th Jutra Awards in 2016.[4]

  1. ^ Justine Baillargeon, "François Jaros à l’écriture". Qui Fait Quoi, November 13, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Philippe Couture, "Maurice, de François Jaros : Mourir dignement". Voir, March 14, 2015.
  3. ^ "Fantastique weekend du cinéma québécois : « Maurice » de François Jaros remporte le Cheval Noir du meilleur court métrage". Lien Multimédia, August 3, 2015.
  4. ^ Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016.