| The Big Snake of the World | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Yves Dion |
| Producer: | Monique Létourneau |
| Starring: | Murray Head Gabriel Arcand Louise Portal |
| Music: | Gaëtan Gravel Serge LaForest |
| Cinematography: | Paul Van der Linden |
| Editing: | Yves Dion Monique Fortier |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 99 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
The Big Snake of the World (fr|Le Grand Serpent du monde) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Yves Dion and released in 1999.[1] The film stars Murray Head as Tom Paradise, a night shift Société de transport de Montréal bus driver interacting with various people both on and off the job.[2]
Supporting characters include Monsieur (Gabriel Arcand), a lonely man who suffers from schizophrenia; the Dog Lady (France Labonté), a woman who carries her dog with her everywhere she goes; the Teenager (Tobie Pelletier), a young man who rides the bus every night to get off at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery; Anaïs (Zoe Latraverse), a young woman with a secret who tries to seduce Tom; and Carmen (Louise Portal), a former lover of Tom's with whom he is reunited.[2]
The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 20th Genie Awards in 2000, for Best Supporting Actor (Arcand) and Best Original Screenplay (Monique Proulx).[3] At the 2nd Jutra Awards, the film received nominations for Best Supporting Actor (Jean Pierre Bergeron), Best Supporting Actress (Portal) and Best Original Music (Gaëtan Gravel and Serge LaForest).