Full Blast | |
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Directed by | Rodrigue Jean |
Written by | Nathalie Loubeyre |
Based on | L'Ennemi que je connais by Martin Pitre |
Produced by | Ian Boyd |
Starring |
David La Haye Martin Desgagné Louise Portal Marie-Jo Thério Patrice Godin |
Cinematography | Stefan Ivanov |
Edited by | Mathieu Bouchard-Malo |
Music by | Robert Marcel Lepage |
Distributed by | K-Films Amérique |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Full Blast is a 1999 film by Canadian director Rodrigue Jean, his first long feature. [1] Filmed in Bathurst, New Brunswick, the film was written by Nathalie Loubeyre as an adaptation of Martin Pitre's novel L'Ennemi que je connais. [2] It was the first French-language feature film funded by Film New Brunswick, the provincial film development agency. [2]
The film had its theatrical premiere at the 1999 Toronto International Film Festival, before going into general theatrical release in early 2000. [1]
A strike at a sawmill in a small fictional community in New Brunswick puts Steph ( David La Haye) and Piston (Martin Desgagné) out of work. They want to resurrect their band Lost Tribe, but Marie-Lou ( Marie-Jo Thério), Piston's ex-wife and the band's former lead singer, is not enthusiastic about the idea. [3]
Meanwhile, the bisexual Steph is having relationship trouble with Rose ( Louise Portal), an older woman that he's been seeing and drifts first to Marie-Lou and then to Charles (Patrice Godin), who once left town but is now back. [4]
At the Toronto International Film Festival, the film received an honorable mention from the Best Canadian First Feature Film jury. [5]
The film received four Prix Jutra nominations at the 3rd Jutra Awards in 2001, for Best Actor (La Haye), Best Actress (Portal), Best Supporting Actress (Thério) and Best Original Music ( Robert Marcel Lepage). [6] Thério won the award for Best Supporting Actress. [7]