1991 is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Ricardo Trogi and released in 2018.[1] The third film in his semi-autobiographical series after 1981 and 1987,[1] the film centres on Ricardo's (Jean-Carl Boucher) 1991 trip to Italy to pursue a relationship with Marie-Ève (Juliette Gosselin).[2]
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Directed by | Ricardo Trogi |
Written by | Ricardo Trogi |
Produced by | Nicole Robert |
Starring | Jean-Carl Boucher Sandrine Bisson Juliette Gosselin |
Narrated by | Ricardo Trogi |
Cinematography | Steve Asselin |
Edited by | Yvann Thibaudeau |
Music by | Frédéric Bégin |
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Distributed by | Les Films Seville, Entertainment One |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The film finished 2018 as the year's top-grossing Canadian film,[3] and was named the winner of the Golden Screen Award at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards.[4] It received 16 Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, including Best Film.[5]
Plot
In 1991, Ricardo Troji is 21 and studies for cinema at an university in Montréal. Her friend and “the woman of his life”, Marie-Ève Bernard invites him to go in Italy to study Italian in Perugia. Determined, Ricardo accepts without hesitation. He then prepares his baggage, including a spray bottle to hide a bald spot noticed by his family.
Inside a train, Ricardo meets Arturo, a illegal traveler who gains money to live by playing Like a Rolling Stone on guitar in the streets. On arrival, failing to find Marie-Ève, Ricardo accidentally loses his baggage, passport, money, letter of acceptance to the University of Perugia, and most importantly to him, his spray can. Ricardo goes to Rome to recover his lost items; failing, he is unable to find a hotel room as the owners believe he is a illegal immigrant, Ricardo is forced to sleep outside, where en encounters again Arturo, who reveals himself to be homosexual.
The next day, at the Canadian Embassy, Ricardo manages to be hosted by anlther student called Mamadou; Ricardo wakes up besides a Greek woman named Georgia. After recovering his items, Ricardo encounters Marie-Ève, who is also being hosted with a unnamed Spanish student. Ricardo then prepares a romantic dinner as a surprise for Marie-Ève to express his love; she arrives earlier with the Spanish student and Ricardo decides to hide but leaves as the two others are in the middle of a sexual intercourse.
Ricardo and Marie-Ève then have a fight about what happened and Ricardo finally tells her his feelings, as he came only for her and he doesn't care about anything else in Italy, that no ordinary friends would do this. Marie-Ève rejects his feelings kindly but Ricardo, tired, heart-broken and disgusted leaves without a word, leaving Marie-Ève feeling bad. As he departs, he says his goodbye at Georgia (revealing that her real name is Yorda) while she says she will always llve you and they will probably meet again sometimes. He also says goodbye to Arturo. As he is traveling back, Ricardo notices a thought of Marie-Ève singing Like A Rolling Stone, and he never saw her after.
Accolades
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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Canadian Screen Awards | 31 March 2019 | Best Visual Effects | Jean-François Talbot, Jean-Pierre Boies | Nominated | [6][4] |
Best Sound | Michel Lecoufle, Sylvain Brassard | Nominated | |||
Best Hair | Daniel Jacob | Nominated | |||
Golden Screen Award | Won | ||||
Prix Iris | 2 June 2019 | Best Film | Nicole Robert | Won | [5][7][8] |
Best Director | Ricardo Trogi | Won | |||
Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||||
Best Actor | Jean-Carl Boucher | Nominated | |||
Best Supporting Actress | Sandrine Bisson | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Alexandre Nachi | Nominated | |||
Best Art Direction | Christian Legaré | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Steve Asselin | Nominated | |||
Best Sound | Sylvain Brassard, Michel Lecoufle | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Yvann Thibaudeau | Won | |||
Best Original Music | Frédéric Bégin | Nominated | |||
Best Visual Effects | Jean-Pierre Boies, Jean-François Talbot: | Nominated | |||
Best Costume Design | Anne-Karine Gauthier | Nominated | |||
Best Makeup | Virginie Boudreau | Nominated | |||
Best Hair | Daniel Jacob | Nominated | |||
Public Prize | Won |
References
- ^ a b "1991 – Film de Ricardo Trogi". Films du Québec. July 13, 2018.
- ^ "The Grizzlies to open Sudbury's Cinefest". Sudbury Star. August 29, 2018.
- ^ "2018′s top-grossing Canadian films, box office". Playback. January 3, 2018.
- ^ a b "« 1991 » : lauréat du prix Écran d'or aux Prix Écrans canadiens". Lien Multimédia. March 22, 2019.
- ^ a b "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "1991". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ^ Marc-Andre Lussier (2 June 2019). "La Bolduc domine au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ Marc-Andre Lussier (2 June 2019). "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l'année". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2 June 2019.