It’s 1960. Etienne, the eldest of three children, finds his life in pieces when his father, a doctor, suddenly dies. The boy’s obsession with replacing his father and honouring his memory begins to take over everything else. LIFE BEGINS tells the story of a family’s unwilling acceptance of the premature death of a father and a young boy’s broken heart.
Canada, 2010
Drama, 103min
Julie Le Breton
François Papineau
Charles-Antoine Perreault
Raymond Cloutier
Rita Lafontaine
Director and Screenwriter: Michel Monty
Producers: Pierre Even and Josée Vallée
Executive Producers: Richard Speer, Guy Gagnon and Patrick Roy
Director of Photography: Michel La Veaux
Production Designer: Gaudeline Sauriol
Editor: Dominique Fortin
Sound: Gilles Corbeil, Martin Pinsonnault, Stéphane Bergeron and Isabelle Lussier
Costume Designer: Ginette Magny
Original Score: Robert Marcel Lepage
Casting: Daniel Poisson and Pierre Pageau
INTERNATIONAL FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL OF NAMUR
Golden Bayard for Best first feature film
CINÉMA DU QUÉBEC À PARIS
Opening film
SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Official selection
JUTRA – QUEBEC CINÉMA
Nominated for Best actress (Julie Le Breton)
Nominated for Best Actor (Charles-Antoine Perreault)
Nominated for Best supporting actorFrançois Papineau)
Nominated for Achievement in costumes (Ginette Magny)
Nominated for Achievement in Make-Up (Diane Simard)
Nominated for Achievement in Hair (Martin Lapointe)
