The Child Prodigy

The Child Prodigy
FrenchL'Enfant prodige
Directed byLuc Dionne
Written byLuc Dionne
Produced byDenise Robert
Daniel Louis
StarringGuillaume Lebon
Patrick Drolet
Marc Labrèche
Macha Grenon
Karine Vanasse
CinematographyBruce Chun
Daniel Jobin
Edited byJean-François Bergeron
Production
company
Cinémaginaire
Distributed byAlliance Vivafilm
Release date
  • May 28, 2010 (2010-05-28)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The Child Prodigy (French: L'Enfant prodige) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Luc Dionne and released in 2010.[1] A biographical drama about classical pianist André Mathieu, the film stars Guillaume Lebon as Mathieu in childhood and Patrick Drolet as Mathieu in adulthood.[2]

Its cast also includes Marc Labrèche as his father Rodolphe Mathieu, Macha Grenon as his mother Mimi Gagnon Mathieu and Karine Vanasse as his sister Camillette, as well as Lothaire Bluteau, François Papineau, Isabel Richer, Catherine Trudeau, Albert Millaire, Benoît Brière and Mitsou Gélinas in supporting roles.

The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011, for Best Art Direction (Michel Proulx) and Best Costume Design (Francesca Chamberland).[3]

References

  1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Enfant prodige, L’ – Film de Luc Dionne". Films du Québec, April 23, 2010.
  2. ^ François Lévesque, "Genie brisé". Le Devoir, May 29, 2010.
  3. ^ Marc Cassivi, "Soirée des Jutra: Incendies, favori d'un cru relevé". La Presse, February 9, 2011.


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