My Name Is Victor Gazon | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Patrick Gazé |
Producer: | Antonello Cozzolino Marie-Josée Larocque Annie Normandin |
Starring: | Claudel Poirier Jassen Charron |
Cinematography: | Nicolas Bolduc |
Editing: | Patrick Gazé |
Studio: | Facteur 7 |
Distributor: | Disk4t Distribution |
Runtime: | 11 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
My Name Is Victor Gazon (fr|Mon nom est Victor Gazon) is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by Patrick Gazé and released in 2008.[1] The film stars Claudel Poirier as the titular Victor Gazon, a young boy enumerating the pros and cons of living for a suicide prevention project at school, soon after his own uncle has committed suicide.[2]
The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2008.[3] It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 29th Genie Awards,[4] and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 11th Jutra Awards.[5]