The 41ste th edition of Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC) kicks off Wednesday night with the film’s world premiere The piston. More than 300 works, including around fifty feature films, will be presented in cinemas during the 10-day celebrations. Here are five events not to be missed:
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The piston
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Filmmaker Francis Leclerc has the honor of opening Wednesday’s ball at the Place des Arts by screening his hugely successful adaptation of the novel by Stéphane Larue. Actor Henri Picard plays a graphic design student who takes a job at a Montreal restaurant to pay off his gambling debts.
Twilight for a killer
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Crépuscule pour un tueur by director Raymond St-Jean, which will premiere at the RVQC a few days before its theatrical release, focuses on the career of Quebec hitman Donald Lavoie, who worked for the Dubois brothers’ clan in the 1970s before becoming an informant became. It is Éric Bruneau who gives the criminal his features.
Origin of a Scream
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In honor of the late Jean Lapointe, to whom this 41st edition of the RVQC is dedicated, a special screening of Robin Aubert’s excellent film À l’origine d’un cri will be held on February 25 at the Cinémathèque québécoise. Lapointe delivers a memorable performance as an alcoholic grandfather who sets out with his grandson (Patrick Hivon) to find his son (Michel Barrette).
farador
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Festival-goers are invited to dress up for the world premiere of Farador, an adaptation of the short film The Battle of Farador, which had a huge viral internet success when it was released in 2006. We follow a group of friends who have been meeting weekly to play RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons for the past 20 years.
The film will be screened at the Imperial Cinema at the end of the festival on March 4th.
The Secret Order
The RVQC also offers a selection of 32 documentaries, five of which will be premiered. Among these, it is worth mentioning this film by Phil Comeau, which lifts the veil on the Order of Jacques Cartier, also known as “La Patente”, a secret society created in 1926 to defend the interests of French Canadians.