Camion

{{short description|2012 film}} {{For|Truck or Lorry|Truck}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Camion | image = 163 Camion Fr.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Rafaël Ouellet | producer = Stéphanie Morissette | writer = Rafaël Ouellet | starring = Julien Poulin | music = Viviane Audet<br>Robin-Joël Cool<br>Éric West-Millette | cinematography = Geneviève Perron | editing = Rafaël Ouellet | studio = Coop Vidéo de Montréal | distributor = K Films Amérique | released = {{Film date|2012|6|1|Karlovy}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = Canada | language = French }}

'''''Camion''''' is a 2012 Canadian drama film directed by Rafaël Ouellet.<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web |url=http://www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/camion |title=Camion |access-date=12 October 2012 |work=TIFF |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115190411/http://www.torontointernationalfilmfestival.ca/filmsandschedules/tiff/2012/camion# |archive-date=15 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="FQ">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/camion-rafael-ouellet/ |title=Camion – Film de Rafaël Ouellet |access-date=13 May 2015 |work=Films Quebec}}</ref> The film centres on a truck driver who is suffering from severe depression after a woman kills herself by crashing her car into his truck; although he was not at fault, the incident has left him suicidal, resulting in the mending of his strained relationships with his sons Sam ({{Interlanguage link|Patrice Dubois|fr}}) and Alain (Stéphane Breton) after he reaches out to them for help.<ref name="HWR">{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/camion-karlovy-vary-film-review-344184 |title=Camion: Karlovy Vary Film Review |access-date=18 July 2020|date=2 July 2012 |work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Stephen Dalton}}</ref>

==Cast== * Julien Poulin as Germain * {{Interlanguage link|Patrice Dubois|fr}} as Samuel * Maude Giguère as Manu * Jacob Tierney as Jacob * Stéphane Breton as Alain * {{Interlanguage link|Noémie Godin-Vigneau|fr}} as Rebecca * Cindy Sampson as Jade

==Release== The film was first released at the 47th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Crystal Globe, won the Award of the Ecumenical Jury and the Best Director Award for Ouellet.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kviff.com/en/history/2012 |title=History - 47th festival |work=kviff.com |access-date=22 March 2018 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085643/https://www.kviff.com/en/history/2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kviff.com/en/history/2012 |title=History / 47th festival |work=kviff.com |access-date=22 March 2018 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085643/https://www.kviff.com/en/history/2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="MG">{{cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/montreal-filmmaker-rafael-ouellets-camion-wins-two-prizes-at-the-karlovy-vary-festival-in-the-czech-republic |title=Montreal filmmaker Rafael Ouellet's Camion wins two prizes at the Karlovy Vary festival in the Czech Republic |access-date=13 May 2015 |work=Montreal Gazette}}</ref>

==Awards== The film received eight Jutra Award nominations at the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013, winning two.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Date of ceremony ! scope="col"| Category ! scope="col"| Recipient(s) ! scope="col"| Result ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}} |- !scope="row" rowspan=8| Jutra Awards | rowspan="8" | 17 March 2013 | Best Film | Marc Daigle | {{nom}} | rowspan="8" | <ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/spotlight-shines-on-quebec-cinema-at-the-jutra-awards-1.1368459 "Spotlight shines on Quebec cinema at the Jutra awards"]. CBC News Montreal, 17 March 2013.</ref> |- | Best Director | rowspan="2" |Rafaël Ouellet | {{nom}} |- | Best Screenplay | {{nom}} |- | Best Actor | Julien Poulin | {{won}} |- | Best Cinematography | Geneviève Perron | {{nom}} |- | Best Editing | Rafaël Ouellet | {{nom}} |- | Best Original Music | Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool, Éric West-Millette | {{won}} |- | Most Successful Film Outside Quebec | Rafaël Ouellet | {{nom}} |- !scope="row" | Prix collégial du cinéma québécois | 2013 | Best Film | ''Camion'' | {{nom}} | <ref>[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-cinematographique/2013/03/26/laurence-anyways-remporte-le-prix-collegial-du-cinema-quebecois/ "LAURENCE ANYWAYS REMPORTE LE PRIX COLLÉGIAL DU CINÉMA QUÉBÉCOIS"]. ''Voir'', March 26, 2013.</ref> |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|2194870|Camion}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Camion}} Category:2012 films Category:2012 drama films Category:Canadian drama films Category:Films directed by Rafaël Ouellet Category:French-language Canadian films Category:2012 Canadian films Category:2012 French-language films