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Mario
19841 h 37 min 25 secFilm: Fiction, Feature-length fiction
Direction: Jean Beaudin
Production: Hélène VerrierJean BeaudinJacques Bobet
Script: Jean BeaudinJacques ParisArlette Dion
Set in the picturesque Magdalen Islands of Québec, Mario is a story of complicity between a strange and solitary ten-year-old boy, Mario, and his older brother, Simon. Withdrawn and living in a surreal world, Mario is completely devoted to Simon, for whom he would dare anything. When a charming interloper captures Simon's affections, albeit temporarily, Mario's love for Simon turns to jealousy and hatred. Eventually the two brothers are reconciled and together they carry out their final attack on reality, one which forces them to confront the ultimate limits of human experience.
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Subject categories
- Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary WorksQuebec Literature
- Literature and Language > Adaptations of Literary Works
- Children and Youth > Adolescent Social BehaviourComing of Age StoriesFamily LifeYoung persons with disabilities
- Families > ChildrenFamily Life
Credits
- director
- Jean Beaudin
- producer
- Hélène Verrier
- Jean Beaudin
- executive producer
- Jacques Bobet
- script
- Jean Beaudin
- Jacques Paris
- Arlette Dion
- photography
- Pierre Mignot
- sound
- Richard Besse
- editing
- Werner Nold
- sound editing
- David Evans
- Wayne Griffin
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- music
- François Dompierre
- cast
- Christiane Breton
- Nathalie Chalifour
- Murielle Dutil
- Jacques Godin
- Xavier Norman Petermann
- Claire Pimparé
- Francis Reddy
- Marcel Sabourin
Awards
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound (Richard Besse, Hans Peter Strobl, Bruce Nyznik)Genie Awards
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography (Pierre Mignot)Genie Awards
- Genie Award for Best Music Score (François Dompierre)Genie Awards
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Family Relations Itinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- International Jury's Prize - Category: Films for YouthGijón International Film Festival
- Second Prize - Category: Feature Film Festival du film Cannes Junior
- Award for Technical Quality and Performance by Young ActorsJournées cinématographiques