27° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

À L'OUEST DE PLUTON

WEST OF PLUTO
by Henry Bernadet, Myriam Verreault
Country: Canada
Year: 2008
Duration: 95'


WEST OF PLUTO
Canada, 2006. Twenty-four hours in the life of a group of adolescents who live in the suburbs of Quebec. Pierre-Olivier is disturbed by the news that Pluto has been downgraded to a dwarf planet and is no longer the ninth planet of the solar system; Jérôme wants to announce his feelings to his true love. In the meantime, Nicolas and Steve are trying to come up with a name for their punk rock band and Émilie, who wants to impress her friends, is organizing a party at her home. But nothing seems to be going the way it should.


“For a long time we had thought about making a film about this controversial and fascinating moment in people’s lives. We weren’t interested in using professional, adult actors to talk about the phenomenon of adolescence. Rather, we wanted to look at the world of young people as realistically as possible, both in the way we represent them and in what we have to say. We wanted to film this exciting and cruel period through the eyes of today’s adolescents. Who are they? What do they think about the world they live in?”

Biography

film director

Henry Bernadet

Henry Bernadet (Canada) holds a DEC in television production from Cégep de Jonquière and a bachelor’s degree in film production from Concordia University. He won the Vidéaste recherché-e competition, a programme to support emerging francophone filmmakers, with his first film. His video work for the stage play Téléroman by Larry Tremblay earned him a nomination from the Gala des masques. West of Pluto is his first feature film.

FILMOGRAFIA

Henry Barnadet, Myriam Verreault:
À l’ouest de Pluton (West of Pluto, 2009).

Myriam Verreault

Myriam Verreault (Canada) holds a bachelor’s degree from Université Laval, where she majored in film studies. She graduated from Cégep de Jonquière with a DEC in media arts and technology. Her first fictional film Comment le Dr Ducharme enfreignit le code d’éthique was awarded at the Vidéaste recherché-e competition in 2003 and won third prize in the young filmmakers’ competition at the Carroussel international du film of Rimouski. She founded and runs Vostok Films, a film production company.

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/essential filmography

Myriam Verreault:
Comment le Dr Ducharme enfreignit le code d’éthique (cm, 2003).


Henry Barnadet, Myriam Verreault:
À l’ouest de Pluton (West of Pluto, 2009).

Cast

& Credits

regia, sceneggiatura, produttori/directors, screenplay, producers
Henry Bernadet, Myriam Verreault
fotografia/cinematography
Patrick Faucher
montaggio/film editing
Myriam Verreault
scenografia/production design
Louis Blackburn, Emily Belanger
musica/music
Aucun
suono/sound
Mathieu Campagna, Pierre Rousseau
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Alexis Drolet (Jérôme), David Bouchard (Pierre- Olivier), Anne-Sophie Tremblay Lamontagne (Kim), Yoann Linteau (Benoît «Paluche»), Sandra Jacques (Émilie Bégin), Micaël Minguy-Bédard (Nicolas), Yann Bernard (Kevin), Marc-Alexandre Paradis (Steve Labbé), Denis Marchand (Gaetan), Thomas Gionet-Lavigne (il fratello di Émilie/ Émilie’s Brother)
produzione/production
Vostok Films
vendita all’estero/world sales
E1 Entertainment International
Menu