Death Dive

{{Short description|2015 Canadian film}} {{Infobox film | name = Death Dive | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Le Scaphandrier}} | image = Le_scaphandrier.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Alain Vézina | producer = Daniel Morin | writer = Alain Vézina | starring = Éric Gagné Édith Côté-Demers Alexandre Landry Raymond Bouchard Béatrice Picard | music = Réjean Doyon | cinematography = Jean Kavanagh | editing = Marc Plana Alain Baril | studio = Boréal Films | distributor = Filmoption International | runtime = 78 minutes | released = {{film date|2015|02|20}} | country = Canada | language = French | budget = }} '''''Death Dive''''' ({{langx|fr|Le Scaphandrier}}) is a Canadian horror film, directed by Alain Vézina and released in 2015.<ref name=fdq>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/scaphandrier-alain-vezina/ "Scaphandrier, Le – Film de Alain Vézina"]. ''Films du Québec'', January 26, 2015.</ref> The film centres on a zombie invasion in a small town in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, spawned after a journalist tries to investigate the appearance of a mysterious ghost ship in the St. Lawrence River.<ref>Éric Moreault, [https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/le-scaphandrier20-000-zombies-sous-le-fleuve-aae56eeaaaf60e4d4762beb1b1d6c87c "Le scaphandrier: 20 000 zombies sous le fleuve"]. ''Le Soleil'', February 21, 2015.</ref>

The film's cast includes Éric Gagné, Édith Côté-Demers, Alexandre Landry, Raymond Bouchard, Béatrice Picard, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Pascale Létourneau, Benoit Rousseau, Widemir Normil, Charles Dauphinais, Félix-Antoine Duval and Dominique Laniel.

It premiered in Quebec theatres in February 2015,<ref name=fdq/> and was subsequently screened at several international horror and fantasy film festivals, including the Sitges Film Festival.<ref name=larouche>Marc Larouche, [https://www.infodimanche.com/actualites/culture/275583/le-scaphandrier-selectionne-dans-des-festivals-internationaux "«Le Scaphandrier» sélectionné dans des festivals internationaux"]. ''Info-Dimanche'', October 4, 2015.</ref> At the Torremolinos Fantastic Film Festival, it won the awards for Best Special Effects and Best Direction.<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/455197/des-prix-pour-le-scaphandrier "Des prix pour Le scaphandrier"]. ''Le Devoir'', November 13, 2015.</ref>

Joan-Patricia Parris and Mario Soucy received a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016.<ref>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/03/20/gala-du-cinema-quebecois-la-liste-des-gagnants "La passion d’Augustine triomphe"]. ''Le Journal de Montréal'', March 20, 2016.</ref>

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Category:2015 films Category:2015 horror films Category:Canadian zombie films Category:Quebec films Category:French-language Canadian films Category:2015 Canadian films