Piché: The Landing of a Man

Piché: The Landing of a Man (French: Piché, entre ciel et terre) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sylvain Archambault and released in 2010.[1] The film is based on the true story of Robert Piché, an airline pilot who successfully landed Air Transat Flight 236 in the Azores after the plane lost engine power mid-air.

Piché: The Landing of a Man
Film poster
FrenchPiché, entre ciel et terre
Directed bySylvain Archambault
Written byIan Lauzon
Produced byAndré Dupuy
StarringMichel Côté
Maxime Le Flaguais
Normand D'Amour
Sophie Prégent
Isabelle Guérard
CinematographyRonald Plante
Edited byYvann Thibaudeau
Music byMichel Corriveau
Production
companies
TVA Films
PixCom Productions
Distributed byTheatrical Entertainment
Release date
  • July 7, 2010 (2010-07-07)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film stars Michel Côté as Piché, with Côté's real-life son Maxime Le Flaguais playing the younger Piché in flashbacks. The cast also includes Normand D'Amour, Sophie Prégent, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse and Isabelle Guérard.[2]

The film received two Genie Award nominations at the 31st Genie Awards, for Best Cinematography (Ronald Plante) and Best Editing (Yvann Thibaudeau).[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Piché: entre ciel et terre – Film de Sylvain Archambault". Films du Québec, May 7, 2010.
  2. ^ "Between terror and boredom". Montreal Gazette, July 7, 2010.
  3. ^ "«Le Monde de Barney» et «Incendies» obtiennent le plus de nominations aux Génie: Génie: «Le Monde de Barney» et «Incendies» favoris". Canadian Press, February 2, 2011.
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