Corbo Explained

Corbo
Director:	Mathieu Denis
Producer:	Félize Frappier
Music:	Olivier Alary
Cinematography:	Steve Asselin
Editing:	Nicolas Roy
Distributor:	Les Films Christal
Runtime:	119 minutes
Country:	Canada
Language:	French

Corbo is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, written and directed by Mathieu Denis.^[1]

Based on a true story, the film stars Anthony Therrien as Giovanni (Jean) Corbo, the privileged but socially alienated son of wealthy Italian-Canadian businessman Nicola Corbo (Tony Nardi) and his wife Mignonne (Marie Brassard), who becomes radicalized after a chance meeting with two young activists (Karelle Tremblay and Antoine L'Écuyer) draws him into the Front de libération du Québec.^[2]

Cast

• Anthony Therrien as Jean Corbo
• Antoine L'Écuyer as François
• Karelle Tremblay as Julie
• Tony Nardi as Nicola Corbo
• Marie Brassard as Mignonne Corbo
• Jean-François Pronovost as Frère de Jean
• Francis Ducharme as Mathieu
• Simon Pigeon as Jacques
• Maxime Mailloux as Alain
• Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle as Louis
• Jean-François Poulin as Robert
• Stéphane Demers as Professeur Lacasse
• Dino Tavarone as Achille Corbo
• Jean-Léon Rondeau as Directeur du collège
• Jean-Luc Terriault as Élève Gagnon
• Franco Montesano as Dino
• Sylvain Castonguay as André Lagrenade
• Thérèse Perreault as Thérèse Morin
• Jean-Simon Leduc as André
• Félix-Antoine Duval as René
• Jean Antoine Charest as Georges Ménard
• Richard Champagne as Policier
• Simon Chaussé as Lieutenant

Reception

The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival,^[2] before going into general release in 2015.^[1] It garnered three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Tony Nardi) and Best Costume Design (Judy Jonker),^[3] and 10 Jutra Award nominations at the 18th Jutra Awards.^[4]

It was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2016.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/arts/corbo-disturbing-potrait-emerges-of-radicalized-flq-teen-in-search-of-identity "Corbo: Disturbing portrait emerges of radicalized FLQ teen"
2. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/corbo-toronto-review-732687 "'Corbo': Toronto Review"
3. http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/room-schitts-creek-lead-2016-canadian-screen-award-nominations "Room, Schitt’s Creek lead 2016 Canadian Screen Award nominations"
4. "«La passion d'Augustine» et «Corbo» nommes 10 fois aux Jutra". Canadian Press, January 25, 2016.
5. David Rémillard, "Chorus remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois". Le Soleil, March 19, 2016.