1991 (film)

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]

1991
Directed byRicardo Trogi
Produced byNicole Robert
Written byRicardo Trogi
StarringJean-Carl Boucher
Sandrine Bisson
Juliette Gosselin
Narrated byRicardo Trogi
Music byFrédéric Bégin
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byYvann Thibaudeau
Production
company
Distributed byLes Films Seville, Entertainment One
Release date
  • July 27, 2018 (2018-07-27)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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, when Ricardo is 21 and at university in Montréal, his friends are leaving for Western Canada or the United States. His destination, though, is Italy, not because he has heard the call of the great cultural capitals of Europe, but in order to pursue “the woman of his life.” In the movie 1981, the woman had been Anne Tremblay; in the movie 1987, it was Marie-Josée Lebel. Now in 1991, Ricardo Trogi determines to at last win the heart of the woman he considers his true soulmate, Marie-Ève Bernard. When she suggests they could meet in Perugia to study Italian, he promptly leaves to join her, and complications quickly ensue. Having lost his passport, most of his money and his letter of acceptance to the University of Perugia, he reports his loss to very solicitous Canadian Embassy staff in Rome and becomes appreciative that a referendum proposing Quebec's secession from Canada had failed to win a majority vote. He meets a rather engaging musician, the multilingual Arturo, who misjudges the nature of their friendship. The beautiful and insightful Georgia, whom he erroneously calls Yorda, falls in love with Ricardo and sometimes speaks to him in Greek, which he fails to understand; Ricardo, however, remains fixated on Marie-Ève, who clearly prefers the company of a Spanish layabout.

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
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
  1. "1991 – Film de Ricardo Trogi". Films du Québec. July 13, 2018.
  2. "The Grizzlies to open Sudbury's Cinefest". Sudbury Star. August 29, 2018.
  3. "2018′s top-grossing Canadian films, box office". Playback. January 3, 2018.
  4. "« 1991 » : lauréat du prix Écran d'or aux Prix Écrans canadiens". Lien Multimédia. March 22, 2019.
  5. "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. "1991". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
  7. Marc-Andre Lussier (2 June 2019). "La Bolduc domine au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  8. Marc-Andre Lussier (2 June 2019). "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l'année". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
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