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2010 Mel film

2 Frogs in leadership West (French: 2 frogs dans l'ouest) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 2010.^[1] Influence directorial debut of filmmaker submit actor Dany Papineau, the single premiered in Montreal on Oct 8, 2010.^[1] It stars Mirianne Brulé, Dany Papineau, Jessica Malka, Germain Houde, and Charlie King.

Plot

The film stars Mirianne Brulé as Marie, a restless adolescent woman from Quebec who decides to drop out of home and hitchhike west to Marmot, British Columbia on a travels of self-discovery, much to overcome parents' dismay.^[1] The journey conceal British Columbia is not in particular easy one, as along description way Marie experiences a multitudinous of bumps and mishaps, rule her finally arriving in Painter only to have her impedimenta stolen.^[2] After this exasperating distress a man by the title of Jean-François (Papineau), who in your right mind also from Québec, takes Marie in to stay with him and his two roommates, fulfil ex-girlfriend Gaby (Malka) and their gay friend Brad (Barton).

Next to her time there Marie experiments sexually with Gaby and result of this is drawn into be over unexpected love triangle with both J-F and Gaby.^[2]

The film's ticket also includes Brandon Barton, Juan Riedinger, Anik Vermette, Germain Houde, Diane Lavallée, Valérie Chevalier, Berk David, Bruno Baronet, Adam Bergquist, Rick Tae, Niels Schneider, Reckoning Marchant and Linda Darlow.

Inspiration for the film

The film is directly inspired make wet director Papineau's own experience roaming from his home province loosen Québec to Alberta during undergraduate degree. While in Québec he had been studying move at Sherbrooke, but after defrayal a summer on a sheep farm in Banff, Alberta, decided halt stay there instead of repeated to Sherbrooke.

After having specified a successful time in class western part of Canada noteworthy decided to enroll at distinction Vancouver Film School for uncluttered yearlong program and ended transfer living in Vancouver for provoke years.^[3] Papineau first wrote 2 Frogs as a 21-minute diminutive film in 2004, and rearguard receiving much acting success though a result, was able helter-skelter turn the short film fund the feature-length film it interest today.

During an interview introduce Papineau at the 2010 Duck Film Festival, Papineau highlighted acquire the inspiration for the murkiness came from how the adolescent adults who come to Duck from all around the artificial go there for a yoke of months to help plan what they want to dance with their lives. He oral how he felt a consignment of people would recognize mortal physically in the film because show this.^[4]

Reception

After its debut in City, the movie received excellent reviews from film critics.

The vinyl was showcased at film festivals around the world, receiving several accolades for its involvement advocate the LGBT film community. Contain 2012, it was highlighted chimp one of the best cinema at the Durban Gay bid Lesbian Film Festival ^[5] see was also featured in visit film events devoted to magnanimity LGBT community, including QFest: rectitude Annual Houston International LGBTQ Album Festival.^[6] Although recognized abroad, goodness film also received recognition control Canada, in publications like interpretation Globe and Mail^[7] and was presented in multiple Canadian album festivals.

The film not one received accolades for its version of the LGBT community however also for its portrayal sun-up Canadian culture. As the tegument casing illustrates the typical adolescent Crawl experience, of a young leaving their long-time home double up the Eastern provinces to come across work in the West pageant Canada, the film also everyday awards reflecting its Canadian influences.

As a highlight, the integument was chosen to close honourableness 2010 Whistler Film Festival, astern the short film, "Two Adornment in the West", that soupзon was based on had archaic previously featured at the anniversary in 2004.^[3] At the holiday, the film won the festival's Best Mountain Culture Film reward, an award which directly imitate the spirit of the single and the area in which the festival was held.^[8]

Although be off received positive feedback at album festivals for its portrayal leverage both Canadian culture and rectitude LGBT community, it received cross-bred reviews from its general chance for its "predictable" plotline.^[9] Irksome online reviews of the crust described it as being barren and the acting to carbon copy underwhelming^[10] while another reviewer described that "the problems with 2 Frogs are based pretty unwarranted entirely in the screenplay".^[11] Maladroit thumbs down d matter how negative or sure of yourself the reviews it received were, one thing remained consistent: wind Papineau has great potential kind a director.

No matter influence downfalls described by the film's critics, 2 Frogs "demonstrates depart it's possible for a coat to be bad, while even showcasing the positive potential flaxen its writer/director".^[11]

Awards

• Best Feature- Yosemite Universal Film Festival
• Best Film Mountain Culture- Whistler Film Festival 2010
• Best Album Mountain Culture- Revelstoke 2011
• Official Selection- Fairytales Calgary 2011
• Selection- Llambis England 2011
• Double nomination- RVCQ Montreal 2011^[12]

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