An Extraordinary Person

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An Extraordinary Person
Film poster
FrenchQuelqu'un d'extraordinaire
Directed byMonia Chokri
Written byMonia Chokri
Produced byNancy Grant
StarringMagalie Lépine-Blondeau
CinematographyJosée Deshaies
Edited byXavier Dolan
Production
company
Metafilms
Distributed byLa Distributrice des films
Release date
  • August 13, 2013 (2013-08-13) (Locarno)
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

An Extraordinary Person (French: Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Monia Chokri and released in 2013.[1] The film stars Magalie Lépine-Blondeau as Sarah, a brilliant academic who suffers from severe social anxiety but must cope with seeing many old friends at her colleague's engagement party.[2] The film's cast also includes Anne Dorval, Sophie Cadieux, Evelyne Brochu, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Laurence Leboeuf, Marilyn Castonguay and Anne-Marie Cadieux.

The film premiered at the 2013 Locarno Festival,[1] and was named in the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list as one of the ten best Canadian short films of 2013.[3] It won the Prix Jutra for Best Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Julie Ledoux, "Le court métrage Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire de Monia Chokri en compétition au Festival du film de Locarno". Voir, July 17, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Chutes extraordinaires et royaumes mortels: 7 courts métrages québécois de La distributrice de films". 24 images, Vol. 172 (June/July 2015).
  3. ^ "TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle". CBC News, December 3, 2013.
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