Wintergreen (French: Paparmane) is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by Joëlle Desjardins Paquette and released in 2012.[1] The film centres on the interaction between Jérôme (Steve Laplante), a parking station attendant who has never emotionally recovered from the death of his mother, and Camille (Sophie Desmarais), a singing telegram performer, whose lives are transformed by an ailing cat.

Wintergreen
FrenchPaparmane
Directed byJoëlle Desjardins Paquette
Written byJoëlle Desjardins Paquette
Produced byMénaïc Raoul
StarringSteve Laplante
Sophie Desmarais
CinematographyMathieu Laverdière
Edited byIsabelle Malenfant
Music bySimon Leclerc
Production
company
Voyous Films
Distributed by3.14 Collectif
Release date
Running time
19 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered at the 2012 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.[2]

The film won the Golden Sheaf Award for Best Comedy at the 2012 Yorkton Film Festival, and was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2012.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nicolas Gendron, "Ainsi tournent-elles". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 31 No. 3 (Summer 2013). p. 54.
  2. ^ Danny Lennon, "COURTS DU QUÉBEC à Clermont-Ferrand! (no.1)". Voir, December 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "Rebelle, Goon, Cosmopolis among Canada's Top Ten: Honoured film titles will be shown at Lightbox from Jan. 4 to 13". Toronto Star, December 5, 2012.
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