Life's a Bitch (film) explained

Life's a Bitch
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Director:François Jaros
Producer:Fanny-Laure Malo
François Jaros
Starring:Guillaume Lambert
Cinematography:Olivier Gossot
Editing:François Jaros
Studio:La Boîte à Fanny
Runtime:5 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

Life's a Bitch (French: Toutes des connes) is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by François Jaros and released in 2013.[1] The film stars Guillaume Lambert as Philippe, a man struggling through a painful breakup.[1]

The film premiered in October 2013 at the Festival Tous Écrans in Geneva, Switzerland,[1] and had its North American premiere at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.[2] It was distributed commercially as the opening film to screenings of Stéphane Lapointe's feature film The Masters of Suspense (Les Maîtres du suspense).[3]

The film won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/12/11/itoutes-des-connesi-a-sundance "Toutes des connes à Sundance"
  2. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/394852/toutes-des-connes-a-sundance "Toutes des connes à Sundance"
  3. André Duchesne, "Les Films Séville présentera le court Toutes des connes". La Presse, November 19, 2014.
  4. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/711447/soiree-des-jutra-2015 "Consécration pour Mommy aux Jutra"