City of Shadows (2010 film)

City of Shadows (French: La Cité) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Kim Nguyen and released in 2010.[1] Partially inspired by but not a direct adaptation of Albert Camus's novel The Plague, the film stars Jean-Marc Barr as Maxime Vincent, a war doctor serving in North Africa who comes across a city dealing with an outbreak of bubonic plague.[2]

City of Shadows
Film poster
FrenchLa Cité
Directed byKim Nguyen
Written byKim Nguyen
Produced byYves Fortin
André Martin
StarringJean-Marc Barr
Claude Legault
Pierre Lebeau
CinematographyNicolas Bolduc
Edited byRichard Comeau
Louis-Philippe Rathé
Music byPhilippe Héritier
Production
companies
Bohemian Films
Productions Thalie
Release date
  • February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08) (SBIFF)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Claude Legault, Pierre Lebeau, Sabine Karsenti, Lotfi Abdelli and Lotfi Dziri.

The film was shot in Tunisia in 2008,[3] but commercial release was delayed until 2010 by financial problems at original distributor Christal Films.[4]

It received five Jutra Award nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards, for Best Director (Nguyen), Best Cinematography (Nicolas Bolduc), Best Art Direction (Patrice Vermette), Best Costume Design (Mariane Carter) and Best Original Music (Philippe Héritier).[5]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Cité, La – Film de Kim Nguyen". Films du Québec, March 9, 2010.
  2. Odile Tremblay, "Kim Nguyen - Au Sahara quand la cité vacille". Le Devoir, April 3, 2010.
  3. Nicolas Gendron and Luc Laporte-Rainville, "Kim Nguyen, scénariste et réalisateur de La Cité"]. Ciné-Bulles, Vol, 28 No. 2 (Spring 2010).
  4. Andrew McIntosh and Myriam Fontaine, "Kim Nguyen". The Canadian Encyclopedia, March 17, 2013.
  5. "Incendies leads race for Jutra Awards". CBC News, February 9, 2011.


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