10° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Short Film Competition 1992
In cauda venenum
by Alain P. Jacques
Country: Canada
Year: 1992
Duration: 16'
Alone in an apartment that is too big, Pierre hopes that the woman who left him will come back. The taps drop by drop teases him in the night. His attempts to repair the leak will only awake within him memories of their separation.
It's night and a car is flying by on a desert road. Bored by the sleeping "hitchhiker" he had getting on into his vehicle, the driver decides to turn on the radio. He learns that someone has escaped from penitentiary in the area. Worried by his passenger suspicious look, the driver abandons him in a service station. A woman is here. The "hitchhike"» noticed her. The threat is rumbling.
In a public WC a man desperately tries to unjam his shirt from his pants. He manages the situation by taking off his shirt. Hidden in a toilet, a voyeur observes the scene and takes advantage of the man's misfortune to accost him. But a policeman is around and adds to the misunderstanding...
Biography
film director
Alain P. Jacques
Alain P. Jacques was born in MontréaI in March 12th 1962. At 25 years old he quit a scientific career to develop his cinematographic interests through academic studies. In university. he directed fictions in video before approaching 16mm. At thirty years old, Alain P. Jacques still works in video and film. He already directed commercials and continue to write scripts. In the same time he collaborates as a movie critic in different radiophonic and written issues.
FILMOGRAFIA
In cauda venenum (1992).
Cast
& Credits
Director, screenplay and editor: Alain P. Jacques.
Director of photography: Yanie DupontHébert.
Art director: Jocelyne Coté.
Music: Claude Bergeron.
Sound: Elaine Castonguay.
Cast and characters: Claude Paiament (Pierre), MarieClaude L'Heureux (Isabelle), Violaine Forest (Béa), Donald Gagnon, Franguy Ladouceur, Claudia Kur, Eric Trottier, Serge Lamirande, Richard Sauvé, Charles Maheu.
Director of Production: AnneMarie Léveillé.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Les Producions Nocturnes UQAM ONF, 1501 Orléans, Montréal, H1W 3R2, Québec, Canada, tel. 5273808.
Director of photography: Yanie DupontHébert.
Art director: Jocelyne Coté.
Music: Claude Bergeron.
Sound: Elaine Castonguay.
Cast and characters: Claude Paiament (Pierre), MarieClaude L'Heureux (Isabelle), Violaine Forest (Béa), Donald Gagnon, Franguy Ladouceur, Claudia Kur, Eric Trottier, Serge Lamirande, Richard Sauvé, Charles Maheu.
Director of Production: AnneMarie Léveillé.
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Les Producions Nocturnes UQAM ONF, 1501 Orléans, Montréal, H1W 3R2, Québec, Canada, tel. 5273808.