Drifting States

Drifting States (French: Les États nordiques) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Denis Côté and released in 2005.[1] The film stars Christian Leblanc as Christian, a man from Montreal who is hiding out in the isolated town of Radisson after mercy killing his chronically ill mother.[2]

Drifting States
FrenchLes États nordiques
Directed byDenis Côté
Written byDenis Côté
Produced byDenis Côté
StarringChristian Leblanc
CinematographyDenis Laplante
Edited byRafaël Ouellet
Production
company
Nihilproductions
Release date
2005
Running time
95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
Budget$80,000

The film, Côté's feature-length debut, was shot on a budget of just $80,000, and performed primarily by non-professional actors.[3]

Writing for 24 images, André Roy compared the film to the works of Jacques Leduc, particularly Ordinary Tenderness (Tendresse ordinaire) and The Last Glacier (Le dernier glacier).[4]

The film won a Golden Leopard Award in the Video category at the Locarno Film Festival in 2005,[1] and a Woosuk "Indie Vision" Award at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2006.[5]

References
  1. Maurie Alioff, "Denis Côté". The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 21, 2014.
  2. Bégin Richard, "Les États nordiques : Avant de perdre le nord". Voir, June 16, 2005.
  3. Marc-André Lussier, "2005: Les États nordiques de Denis Côté". La Presse, January 18, 2015.
  4. André Roy, "Une histoire simple / Les états nordiques de Denis Côté". 24 images, Vol, 121 (Spring 2005), p. 56.
  5. Brendan Kelly, "Creative Finance: Denis Côté prospers with quirky art films". Montreal Gazette, February 11, 2019.


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