Over My Dead Body (2012 Canadian film)

Over My Dead Body is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Brigitte Poupart and released in 2012.[1] The film is a portrait of Dave St-Pierre [fr], a dancer and choreographer from Montreal who is urgently awaiting a lung transplant due to his lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis.[1]

Over My Dead Body
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Directed byBrigitte Poupart
Written byBrigitte Poupart
Produced byVirginie Dubois
Stéphanie Morissette
Brigitte Poupart
StarringDave St-Pierre [fr]
CinematographyBrigitte Poupart
Edited byAlexis Landriault
Music byMisteur Valaire
Marie-Jo Thério
Production
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Distributed byLes Films du 3 mars [fr]
Release date
  • February 26, 2012 (2012-02-26) (RVQC)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered in February 2012 at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.[2]

The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards,[3] and won the Prix Jutra for Best Documentary Film at the 15th Jutra Awards.[4] It was a nominee for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2013.[5]

Release

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Over My Dead Body was released on DVD on October 23, 2012.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Duchesne, Andre (February 25, 2012). "Over My Dead Body: retenir son souffle" [Over My Dead Body: Hold Your Breath]. La Presse. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Soixante-huit films seront presentes en première aux RVCQ: 68 films presentes en première aux RVCQ". The Canadian Press, February 8, 2012.
  3. ^ "A look at the nominees for the Canadian Screen Awards". The Canadian Press, January 15, 2013.
  4. ^ "Jutra Awards soiree fails to elicit much drama; Rebelle the big winner while Michel Cote takes home lifetime achievement award". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "LAURENCE ANYWAYS REMPORTE LE PRIX COLLÉGIAL DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS". Voir (in French). March 26, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  6. ^ Ramond, Charles-Henri (October 23, 2012). "Over My Dead Body: en DVD le 23 octobre" [Over My Dead Body: on DVD October 23] (in French). Films du Québec. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
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