| The Great Malaise | |
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| Director: | Catherine Lepage |
| Producer: | Marc Bertrand |
| Animator: | Agathe Bray-Bourret Catherine Lepage |
| Starring: | Miranda Handford Alexa-Jeanne Dubé |
| Music: | Philippe Brault |
| Editing: | Sophie Leblond |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 8 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
The Great Malaise (French: Le Mal du siècle) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Catherine Lepage and released in 2019.[1] A meditation on depression and anxiety, the film centres on a woman (Miranda Handford in English, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé in French) describing her personality and hopes and dreams, initially in positive terms but becoming more tentative and uncertain as her anxieties and self-doubts emerge.[2]
The film premiered at the 2019 Sommets du cinéma d'animation, where it received an honorable mention in the category for Best Canadian Film.[3]
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[4]