Trash (2011 film)

Trash
FrenchDécharge
Directed byBenoît Pilon
Written byBenoît Pilon
Pierre Szalowski
Produced byRichard Lalonde
StarringDavid Boutin
Isabel Richer
Sophie Desmarais
CinematographyMichel La Veaux
Edited byRichard Comeau
Louis-Philippe Rathé
Music byRobert M. Lepage
Production
company
Forum Films
Distributed byRemstar
Release date
  • October 2, 2011 (2011-10-02)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Trash (French: Décharge) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Benoît Pilon and released in 2011.[1] The film stars David Boutin as Pierre Dalpé, a formerly homeless man who has rebuilt his life with a successful trash collection business and a marriage to Madeleine (Isabel Richer), the woman who saved him from the streets; however, his fortunes begin to take a turn for the worse again after he meets Ève (Sophie Desmarais), a young drug addict living on the streets whom he tries to help in the same way.[2]

The film began production in December 2009 in Montreal.[3] It premiered on October 2, 2011, at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur,[2] before premiering commercially in Quebec on October 21.[1]

Kathryn Casault received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012.[4]

  1. ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Décharge – Film de Benoît Pilon". Films du Québec, September 12, 2011.
  2. ^ a b André Duchesne, "Décharge en première mondiale à Namur". La Presse, October 3, 2011.
  3. ^ Anabelle Nicoud, "Benoît Pilon tournera Décharge avec David Boutin". La Presse, December 14, 2009.
  4. ^ Karl Filion, "Jutra 2012 : Résumé de la soirée et les gagnants". Cinoche, March 11, 2012.