Trash | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | Benoît Pilon |
Producer: | Richard Lalonde |
Starring: | David Boutin Isabel Richer Sophie Desmarais |
Music: | Robert M. Lepage |
Cinematography: | Michel La Veaux |
Editing: | Richard Comeau Louis-Philippe Rathé |
Studio: | Forum Films |
Distributor: | Remstar |
Runtime: | 94 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
Trash (fr|Décharge) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Benoît Pilon and released in 2011.[1] The film stars David Boutin as Pierre Dalpé, a formerly homeless man who has rebuilt his life with a successful trash collection business and a marriage to Madeleine (Isabel Richer), the woman who saved him from the streets; however, his fortunes begin to take a turn for the worse again after he meets Ève (Sophie Desmarais), a young drug addict living on the streets whom he tries to help in the same way.[2]
The film began production in December 2009 in Montreal.[3] It premiered on October 2, 2011, at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur,[2] before premiering commercially in Quebec on October 21.[1]
Kathryn Casault received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012.[4]