Delphine is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Chloé Robichaud and released in 2019.[1] The film centres on Delphine, a young Lebanese Canadian girl who is bullied at her school for being ethnically different, and Nicole, one of her only classmates who sympathizes with her instead of participating.
| Delphine | |
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| Directed by | Chloé Robichaud |
| Written by | Nathalie Doummar |
| Based on | Delphine de Ville Saint-Laurent by Nathalie Doummar |
| Produced by | Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette Guillaume Vasseur |
| Starring | Daria Oliel-Sabbag Ines Feghouli Bozon Ambre Jabrane Wiam Mohktari |
| Cinematography | Ian Lagarde |
| Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
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Running time | 13 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film stars Daria Oliel-Sabbag as Delphine and Ines Feghouli Bozon as Nicole in childhood, and Ambre Jabrane as Delphine and Wiam Mohktari as Nicole in their teenage years.[2] The film was written by Nathalie Doummar as an adaptation of her own theatrical short play Delphine de Ville Saint-Laurent.[3]
The film premiered at the 76th Venice International Film Festival in the Horizons stream.[1] It was subsequently screened at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.[4] In December 2019, the film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for short films.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Le nouveau film de Chloé Robichaud sélectionné à la Mostra de Venise". Ici Radio-Canada, July 25, 2019.
- ^ Stephen Saito, "TIFF ’19 Interview: Chloé Robichaud on Finding Her Way Inside the Tale of an Outsider in “Delphine”". The Moveable Fest, September 3, 2019.
- ^ André Duchesne, "Chloé Robichaud à la Mostra de Venise". La Presse, July 25, 2019.
- ^ Jessica Wong, "TIFF 2019: Jojo Rabbit captures TIFF People's Choice Award". CBC News, September 15, 2019.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now, December 11, 2019.
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