My Name Is Victor Gazon (2008)

Original title

Mon nom est Victor Gazon et voici mon travail sur pourquoi c'est mieux de pas se suicider

Directed by

Patrick Gazé

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

11 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy named Victor Gazon lists pros and cons of being alive for a school suicide prevention project. He does this soon after his own uncle died by suicide.

poignantunderstatedcontemplativebittersweetgentlemelancholicintimate

What happens

My Name Is Victor Gazon (French: Mon nom est Victor Gazon) is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by Patrick Gazé and released in 2008. The film stars Claudel Poirier as the titular Victor Gazon, a young boy enumerating the pros and cons of living for a suicide prevention project at school, soon after his own uncle has committed suicide. The film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2008. It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 29th Genie Awards, and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 11th Jutra Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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