The New Life of Paul Sneijder

The New Life of Paul Sneijder
La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder
Directed by Thomas Vincent
Produced by Pierre Forette
Thierry Wong
Written by Thomas Vincent
Yaël Cojot-Goldberg
Based on Le cas Sneijder by Jean-Paul Dubois
Starring Thierry Lhermitte
Géraldine Pailhas
Pierre Curzi
Guillaume Cyr
Music by Philippe Deshaies
Lionel Flairs
Benoit Rault
Cinematography Ronald Plante
Edited by Mike Fromentin
Production
company
Cine Nomine
Distributed by SND Films
Christal Films
Release date
 June 8, 2016
Running time
 114 minutes
Country Canada
France
Language French

The New Life of Paul Sneijder (French: La nouvelle vie de Paul Sneijder) is a Canadian/French drama film, directed by Thomas Vincent and released in 2016.[1]

Based on the novel Le cas Sneijder by Jean-Paul Dubois, the film stars Thierry Lhermitte as Paul Sneijder, a man who is injured in an elevator accident which has also killed his daughter. Suffering an existential crisis which leads him to question the values on which he has based his life, he begins to rebuild his spirit by taking a new job as a dog walker.[1] The film's cast also includes Géraldine Pailhas, Pierre Curzi, Guillaume Cyr and Aliocha Schneider.

Cyr garnered a Prix Iris nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 19th Prix Iris in 2017.[2]

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