Blue Thunder (2015)

Original title

Bleu tonnerre

Directed by

Philippe David Gagné, Jean-Marc E. Roy

Genre

drama, music

Country

Canada

Runtime

22 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A sawmill worker loses his partner, his home, and his job after a miscarriage. He decides to pursue his old dream of becoming a professional wrestler.

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What happens

Blue Thunder (French: Bleu tonnerre) is a Canadian short musical comedy-drama film, directed by Philippe David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy and released in 2015. The film stars Dany Placard as Bruno, a sawmill worker whose girlfriend (Isabelle Blais) breaks up with him after suffering a miscarriage. Losing both his home and his job in the aftermath, Bruno is not defeated, but rather decides to rekindle his long-dormant dream of becoming a professional wrestler. The film also stars Sandrine Bisson and Louis Champagne. The film premiered at the Saguenay International Short Film Festival in March 2015, where it won the Prix créativité and the Bourse de création régionale. It was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Illy Prize jury. The film received a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best Short Film at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards, and a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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