Trash (2011)

Original title

Décharge

Directed by

Benoît Pilon

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

U

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A formerly homeless man has built a stable life with a trash collection business and a caring wife. After he tries to help a young drug addict he finds on the streets, his own fortunes begin to decline.

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What happens

Trash (French: Décharge) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Benoît Pilon and released in 2011. The film stars David Boutin as Pierre Dalpé, a formerly homeless man who has rebuilt his life with a successful trash collection business and a marriage to Madeleine (Isabel Richer), the woman who saved him from the streets; however, his fortunes begin to take a turn for the worse again after he meets Ève (Sophie Desmarais), a young drug addict living on the streets whom he tries to help in the same way. The film began production in December 2009 in Montreal. It premiered on October 2, 2011, at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, before premiering commercially in Quebec on October 21. Kathryn Casault received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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