8:17 p.m. Darling Street

8:17 p.m. Darling Street
8:17 p.m. Darling Street
French	20h17 rue Darling
Directed by	Robert M. Lepage
Production; company	ACPAV
Distributed by	Christal Films (Quebec)
Release date	2003;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

8:17 p.m. Darling Street (French: 20h17 rue Darling) is both a novel by the anthropologist Bernard Émond and also his second feature-length fiction film. It was released in 2003 and made three years after his debut feature, The Woman Who Drinks. It was screened at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival.

Synopsis

A former journalist (

Prix Jutra

, including Best Screenplay and Best Director.

TIFF 2003 program guide wrote, "The charismatic Picard — one of the leading Québécois actors of his generation — gives a complex, uninhibited performance in perfect harmony with the clean camera work and tranquil, dignified tone of the hopeful conclusion."^[1] Variety wrote, "Bernard Émond examines how casual events can determine fate, and ponds big issues of forgiveness, mercy, faith, self-doubt, addiction and compassion."^[2]

Awards

8:17 P.M. Darling Street was presented at the

International Critics' Week and won the Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature at the Acadie International French-Language Film Festival and the Best Male Performance Award for Luc Picard at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur

in Belgium.

Publication

20H17. Rue Darling, Montreal, (Quebec), Canada, Lux Éditeur, 2005, 128 p. (

ISBN 978-1-55071-846-1

)

References

^ Donen, Stacey (September 2003). "20H17 Rue Darling". Toronto International Film Festival Program Guide: 172.
^ Rooney, David (June 2, 2003). "8:17 P.M. Darling Street (review)". Variety.

External links

8:17 p.m. Darling Street at
IMDb

[1] Donen, Stacey (September 2003). "20H17 Rue Darling". Toronto International Film Festival Program Guide: 172.

[2] Rooney, David (June 2, 2003). "8:17 P.M. Darling Street (review)". Variety.

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