Land of Men

Land of Men
FrenchTerre des hommes
Directed byKy Nam Le Duc
Written byKy Nam Le Duc
Produced byKy Nam Le Duc
StarringJorge Martinez Colorado
Rosa Zacharie
Hugues Saint-Louis
CinematographyFrançois Messier-Rheault
Edited byÈve Gaudet
Music byJoé Trépanier
Production
company
Les Films de l'autre
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • June 16, 2009 (2009-06-16) (CFC)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Land of Men (French: Terre des hommes) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Ky Nam Le Duc and released in 2009. The film centres on José Maria (Jorge Martinez Colorado), an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who is detained in Quebec by police officers Catherine (Rosa Zacharie) and Patrick (Hugues Saint-Louis).

The film premiered in June 2009 at the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[1] It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 30th Genie Awards in 2010.[2]

References

  1. ^ Chris Knight, "Movie about girl's bond with her grandmother wins top prize at short film fest". National Post, June 22, 2009.
  2. ^ Linda Barnard, "Drama rules as Genie nominations announced". Toronto Star, March 1, 2010.


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