Mad Dog Labine

Mad Dog Labine is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr and Renaud Lessard and released in 2018.[1] Set in the rural Pontiac region of western Quebec, the film stars Ève-Marie Martin as Lindsay Labine, a young girl who is feeling alienated because her father would not take her hunting with her older brothers; hanging out with her friend Justine (Zoé Audet), the girls' lives may be transformed when they unexpectedly find an abandoned winning lottery ticket.[2]

Mad Dog Labine
Directed byJonathan Beaulieu-Cyr
Renaud Lessard
Produced byFanny Forest
Ariane Falardeau St-Amour
Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr
Renaud Lessard
Written byJonathan Beaulieu-Cyr
Renaud Lessard
StarringÈve-Marie Martin
Zoé Audet
Charlotte Aubin
Emmanuel Bilodeau
CinematographyAriane Falardeau St-Amour
Edited byPaul Chotel
Production
companies
Rococoeur
Distributed byMaison 4:3
Release date
  • October 9, 2018 (2018-10-09) (FNCM)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also includes Charlotte Aubin, Emmanuel Bilodeau and Julianne Côté.

The film premiered in October 2018 at the Festival du nouveau cinéma,[3] and won the Grand Prix Focus Quebec/Canada. It went into general theatrical release in 2019.

The film was a nominee for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[4]

References
  1. "«Mad Dog Labine»: irrésistiblement «rough»". Le Devoir, April 6, 2019.
  2. "Mad Dog Labine: chronique de l'abandon". La Presse, April 5, 2019.
  3. "5 Doc Premieres to Catch at Festival du Nouveau Cinema". Point of View, October 2, 2018.
  4. Norman Wilner, "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show". Now, February 18, 2020.


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