Wintergreen | |
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French | Paparmane |
Directed by | Joëlle Desjardins Paquette |
Written by | Joëlle Desjardins Paquette |
Produced by | Ménaïc Raoul |
Starring | Steve Laplante Sophie Desmarais |
Cinematography | Mathieu Laverdière |
Edited by | Isabelle Malenfant |
Music by | Simon Leclerc |
Production company | Voyous Films |
Distributed by | 3.14 Collectif |
Release date |
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Running time | 19 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Wintergreen (French: Paparmane) is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by Joëlle Desjardins Paquette and released in 2012.[1] The film centres on the interaction between Jérôme (Steve Laplante), a parking station attendant who has never emotionally recovered from the death of his mother, and Camille (Sophie Desmarais), a singing telegram performer, whose lives are transformed by an ailing cat.
The film premiered at the 2012 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[2]
The film won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Comedy at the 2012 Yorkton Film Festival, and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2012.[3]