The Sound of Trees
by François Péloquin
►Synopsis
17 year-old Jérémie (Antoine L’Écuyer) dreams of a better life, away from the family sawmill and his native village in Gaspésie, Québec. Instead of the forestry work, Jérémie prefers hip hop music, pimping his car and slacking off with his friends. The situation despairs his father Régis (Roy Dupuis), who blames this disinterest on a local drug dealer. When the elder brother leaves town, the lives of Jérémie and Régis drastically change.
Filmed in around thirty scenes, The Sound of Trees chronicles the summer of a teenager caught between the river and the forest.
Specifications
Canada 2015 78mn 2.39:1 5.1 French 1st Feature Film
written by
Sarah Lévesque & François Péloquin
original title
Le Bruit des Arbres – Distributed by K Films Amérique – Canada
produced by
Ziad Touma (Couzin Films)
with
Antoine l’Ecuyer
Roy Dupuis
Willia Ferland- Tanguay
Rémi Goulet
Charles-Emile Lafleur
Crew
François Messier-Rheault – DOP
Simon Guilbault – Art Director
Martin Bourgault, Aube Foglia, Simon Sauvé – Editors
Sylvain Bellemare – Sound design
Music – Mimi Allard
Festivals & Awards
- 50th Karlovy Vary 2015- Official Competition
- Les Percéides FF, Canada – Prix Spécial du Jury
- Haifa IFF- Panorama, Israel
- Vancouver IFF, Canada- Emerging Canadian Director Award
- Namur IFF – Official Competition
- Sao Paulo IFF, Brazil – New Filmmaker’s Competition
- Environement IFF, Paris
- Seattle IFF – Official Competition
Press Quotes
THR -« one of the strongest entries in competition » ; « an impressive Canadian coming-of-age film » by Boyd van Hoeij
INDIEWIRE – « An Unconpromising debut » by Tina Poglajen
