Faggot (French: Tapette) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Olivier Perrier and released in 2016.[1]
| Faggot | |
|---|---|
| French | Tapette |
| Directed by | Olivier Perrier |
| Written by | Olivier Perrier |
| Produced by | Olivier Perrier Guillaume Bibeau-Laviolette |
| Starring | Robin L'Houmeau Eliot Nault |
| Cinematography | Émile Massie-Vanasse |
| Edited by | Véronique Clément |
Production company | Avec Panache |
Release date |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The film centres on Alex Girard (Robin L'Houmeau), a young junior hockey player in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec who is struggling with whether to come out as gay to his teammates.[1]
Perrier, a film student at Concordia University at the time of making the film, won the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the 2017 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Samuel Larochelle, "Un court métrage sur l’homophobie dans le sport" Archived 2017-02-24 at the Wayback Machine. Fugues, April 20, 2016.
- ^ Regan Reid, "Rebels on Pointe takes best Canadian feature at Inside Out". Playback, June 6, 2017.
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