Summer Rain (1985 film)

Summer Rain
FrenchPluie d'été
Directed byFrançois Dauteuil
Written byFrançois Dauteuil
Produced byLouis-Georges Tétreault
StarringPaul Hébert
Linda Sorgini
Geneviève Rioux
Martin Faucher
CinematographyLouis De Ernsted
Edited byFrançois Dupuis
Production
company
Les Productions SDA
Distributed bySociété Radio-Canada
Release date
  • February 1985 (1985-02) (RVCQ)
Running time
28 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Summer Rain (French: Pluie d'été) is a Canadian short film, directed by François Dauteuil and released in 1985.[1] The film stars Paul Hébert as a farmer whose scarecrow transforms into a beautiful young woman (Geneviève Rioux) on a warm summer night.

The film's cast also includes Linda Sorgini and Martin Faucher.

The film premiered at the 1985 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.[2]

The film was awarded the Best Director Award at the 1985 Yorkton Film Festival,[3] and was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 7th Genie Awards in 1986.[4]

  1. ^ Richard Martineau, "Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois". Séquences, Vol. 120 (April 1985). pp. 72-74.
  2. ^ Gay, Richard (1985). "Arts et Spectacles: Le nouveau film de Claude Jutra ouvrira les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois". Le Devoir. LXXVI (13): 9 – via Google News Archive.
  3. ^ Schroeter, Edward (1985). "Producer flies from B.C. funeral to accept Yorkton film award". Regina Leader-Post: 33 (C.11) – via Google Books. The remaining Golden Sheaf winners were: Best Direction - Pluie D'Ete, directed by Francois D'Auteuil for SDA Productions Ltd.
  4. ^ Jay Scott, "Joshua, American Cousin lead pack in Genie pursuit". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1986.