An Extraordinary Person | |
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Director: | Monia Chokri |
Producer: | Nancy Grant |
Starring: | Magalie Lépine-Blondeau |
Cinematography: | Josée Deshaies |
Editing: | Xavier Dolan |
Studio: | Metafilms |
Distributor: | La Distributrice des films |
Runtime: | 19 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
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]