La Garde (2014)

Original title

La garde

Directed by

Sylvain Archambault

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 31m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A father loses custody of his son and takes him on a hunting trip in the wilderness. After an accident with a gun the father is shot and the son must walk back to town for help.

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What happens

La Garde is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sylvain Archambault and released in 2014. The film stars Paul Doucet as Luc Bissailon, a father who abducts his son Samuel (Antoine L'Écuyer) after losing custody in his separation from ex-wife Sylvie (Sandrine Bisson). He takes Samuel to a wilderness location on a hunting trip, only for Samuel to be forced to walk back to town to seek medical help after an accident with the gun results in Luc getting shot. The film opened in theatres on April 4, 2014. Danielle Huard received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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