Alice's Odyssey
Alice's Odyssey (French: L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay) is a Canadian family comedy fantasy film, directed by Denise Filiatrault and released in 2002.[1] The film stars Sophie Lorain as Alice Tremblay, a single mother who becomes drawn into the fairy tale that she is reading to her young daughter as a bedtime story.[2]
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French | L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay |
Directed by | Denise Filiatrault |
Written by | Sylvie Lussier Pierre Poirier |
Produced by | Daniel Louis Denise Robert |
Starring | Sophie Lorain Martin Drainville Pierrette Robitaille Marc Labrèche |
Cinematography | Pierre Gill |
Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
Music by | François Dompierre |
Production companies | Cinémaginaire Film Fabuleux |
Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The cast also includes Martin Drainville, Pierrette Robitaille, Marc Labrèche, Mitsou Gélinas, Danielle Ouimet, Marc Béland, Pascale Desrochers, Myriam Poirier, Gordon Masten, Louise Portal, Jacques Languirand, Liliana Komorowska, France D'Amour, Pierre Lebeau, Denise Bombardier and Michel Barrette.
The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003, for Best Art Direction (Michel Proulx, François Barbeau) and Best Sound (Yvon Benoît, Marie-Claude Gagné, Gavin Fernandes).[3]
References
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "Odyssée d’Alice Tremblay, L’ – Film de Denise Filiatrault". Films du Québec, March 3, 2009.
- Juliette Ruer, "L’Odyssée d’Alice Tremblay : Contes pour tous". Le Devoir, June 26, 2002.
- Odile Tremblay, "Dix nominations - Séraphin domine la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, January 29, 2003.