Rodeo (2022 Canadian film)

Rodeo
FrenchRodéo
Directed byJoëlle Desjardins Paquette
Written byJoëlle Desjardins Paquette
Sarah Lévesque
Produced bySarah Mannering
Fanny Drew
StarringMaxime Le Flaguais
Lilou Roy-Lanouette
CinematographyJuliette A. Lossky
Edited byElric Robichon
Production
company
Colonelle Films
Distributed byEntract Films
Release date
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Rodeo (French: Rodéo) is a 2022 Canadian drama film, directed and co-written by Joëlle Desjardins Paquette.[1] The film stars Maxime Le Flaguais as Serge, a truck driver who takes his young daughter Lily (Lilou Roy-Lanouette) on a cross-Canada road trip to attend a truck rodeo in Alberta, against the context of a dispute with his ex-wife (Whitney Lafleur) over custody of her.[2]

The film went into production in August 2021.[2] Although not directly based on their real lives, the film was inspired in part by Desjardins Paquette's father, a professional truck mechanic with Kenworth's operations in Montreal.[3]

The film premiered on November 8, 2022 at the Cinemania film festival.[4] It later screened in the Borsos Competition at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival.[5] Commercial release is slated for early 2023.

  1. ^ Pierre-Marc Durivage, "Premier coup d’œil au film Rodéo". La Presse, October 5, 2022.
  2. ^ a b André Duchesne, "Maxime Le Flaguais en camionneur dans le film Rodéo". La Presse, July 30, 2021.
  3. ^ Steve Bouchard, "RODÉO: un film-cadeau de Joëlle Desjardins Paquette à son père Daniel". Transport Routier, December 7, 2021.
  4. ^ T'Cha Dunlevy, "Montreal's Cinemania festival uses 'French-speaking culture as a bridge'". Montreal Gazette, October 28, 2022.
  5. ^ Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival announces film lineup". Pique Newsmagazine, November 2, 2022.