The American Trap Explained

The American Trap
Native Name:
Director:	Charles Binamé
Producer:	Fabienne Larouche Michel Trudeau
Starring:	Rémy Girard Gérard Darmon Colm Feore
Music:	Sari Dijani Iohann Martin Rudy Toussaint
Cinematography:	Pierre Gill
Editing:	Dominique Fortin
Studio:	Aetios
Distributor:	Alliance Atlantis
Runtime:	95 minutes
Country:	Canada
Language:	French

The American Trap (French: Le Piège américain) is a 2008 Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Charles Binamé.^[1] The film stars Rémy Girard as Lucien Rivard, a Canadian working in the criminal underworld of Havana, Cuba who becomes enmeshed in international intrigue around the assassination of John F. Kennedy.^[2]

Cast

• Rémy Girard : Lucien Rivard
• Gérard Darmon : Paul Mondolini
• Colm Feore : Maurice Bishop
• Serge Houde : DEA Agent Thompson
• Bill Lake : Herbert Hoover
• Manuel Tadros : Joseph Valachi

Award nominations

The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 29th Genie Awards in 2009:^[3]

• Best Cinematography

Pierre Gill

• Best Art Direction/Production Design

• Best Costume Design

Michèle Hamel

• Best Overall Sound

Claude La Haye, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias and Patrick Lalonde

• Best Sound Editing

Jean-François Sauvé, Natalie Fleurant, Jérôme Décarie and Claude Beaugrand

Notes and References

1. "American Trap gets more hype than screens". Montreal Gazette, May 19, 2008.
2. "Lucien Rivard, man of mystery - maybe too much so". Montreal Gazette, May 16, 2008.
3. "Gross epic, Quebec drama lead; Genie Nominations". National Post, February 11, 2009.