We Are Gold Explained

We Are Gold
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Director:Éric Morin
Producer:Olivier Picard
David Pierrat
Starring:Monia Chokri
Patrick Hivon
Vincent Bilodeau
Fabien Cloutier
Music:Philippe B
Cinematography:Jean-François Lord
Editing:Joël Vaudreuil
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:French

We Are Gold (French: Nous sommes Gold) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Éric Morin and released in 2019.[1]

The film stars Monia Chokri as Marianne, a successful indie rock musician returning to her hometown in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec for the first time since the death of her parents in a mining accident ten years earlier.[2]

The cast also includes Patrick Hivon, Vincent Bilodeau, Fabien Cloutier, Clare Coulter, Arsinée Khanjian, Alexis Martin, Emmanuel Schwartz, Steve Laplante and Catherine De Léan.

The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Actor (Hivon) and Best Original Music (Philippe B).[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/550920/nous-sommes-gold-riche-filon "«Nous sommes Gold»: riche filon"
  2. https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/201903/29/01-5220088-nous-sommes-gold-de-roc-et-de-rock-12.php "Nous sommes Gold: de roc et de rock"
  3. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1163767/gala-quebec-cinema-1991-ricardo-trogi-16-nominations "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations"