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Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!

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Dust Bowl Ha! Ha!
Directed bySébastien Pilote
Written bySébastien Pilote
StarringAndré Bouchard
Gérald Pilote
Jean Wauthier
CinematographySébastien Pilote
Guillaume Tremblay
Music byPierre Lapointe
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! is a Canadian short film, directed by Sébastien Pilote and released in 2007.[1] The film stars André Bouchard as a man in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region who has just lost his job after the closure of his employer, as he goes about his first day without the stable and predictable structure of a normal work day.[2]

The cast also includes Gérald Pilote and Jean Wauthier.

The film premiered at the 2007 Locarno Film Festival, and had its Canadian premiere at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films in 2007.[3] It won the awards for best short film at the 2007 Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Barcelona,[4] the 2007 Festival du nouveau cinéma,[5] and the 2008 Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois,[6] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Pierre Barrette, "Portrait du capitalisme ordinaire". 24 images, Issue 154 (October–November 2011). p. 31.
  2. ^ a b Anabelle Nicoud, "Portrait: Sébastien Pilote". La Presse, August 5, 2007.
  3. ^ Chris Knight, "TIFF goes peddling its celluloid bundle; Canadian Cinema; Top 10 includes Cronenberg, Maddin, Arcand". National Post, December 12, 2007.
  4. ^ "En bref - Dust Bowl Ha! Ha! honoré à Barcelone". Le Devoir, September 28, 2007.
  5. ^ John Griffin, "Success feels 'super bien'". Montreal Gazette, October 21, 2007.
  6. ^ Brendan Kelly, "Attendance up, so is winner; Rendez-Vous du cinema Quebecois. Up the Yangtze adds another prize to its cache". Montreal Gazette, February 25, 2008.
  7. ^ "La 10e soirée des Jutra". Ici Radio-Canada, March 9, 2008.
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