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Code 13 (2007)

Code 13 poster
Directed by
Mathieu Denis
Genre
drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
16 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Montreal taxi driver accidentally hits a cyclist with his car. The driver and the cyclist then get into a violent confrontation.

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What happens

Code 13 is a Canadian dramatic short film, directed by Mathieu Denis and released in 2007. The film stars Roc Lafortune as Joseph, a taxi driver on the night shift in Montreal who becomes drawn into a violent confrontation with a cyclist (Vincent-Guillaume Otis) after accidentally hitting the man with his car. The cast also includes Paul Dion, Patrice Dussault and Marie-France Marcotte. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. It was later screened at the 2008 Fantasia Film Festival, where Denis won the award for best director of a short film in the festival program. It was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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