# Evil Words

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{{short description|2003 Canadian thriller film}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Evil Words
| native_name    = {{infobox name module|fr|Sur le seuil}}
| image          = 
| caption        = Film poster
| director       = [Éric Tessier](/source/%C3%89ric_Tessier)
| producer       = [Nicole Robert](/source/Nicole_Robert_(producer))
| writer         = Éric Tessier<br>[Patrick Senécal](/source/Patrick_Sen%C3%A9cal)
| based_on       = ''Sur le seuil'' by Patrick Senécal
| starring       = [Michel Côté](/source/Michel_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9_(actor))<br>[Patrick Huard](/source/Patrick_Huard)
| music          = [Ned Bouhalassa](/source/Ned_Bouhalassa)
| cinematography = Denis-Noël Mostert
| editing        = Alain Baril
| studio         = [GO Films](/source/GO_Films)
| distributor    = [Alliance Atlantis](/source/Alliance_Atlantis)
| released       = {{film date|2003|10|3}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes
| country        = Canada
| language       = French
| budget         = 
}}

'''''Evil Words''''' ({{langx|fr|Sur le seuil}}, lit. "On the Threshold") is a Canadian thriller film, directed by [Éric Tessier](/source/%C3%89ric_Tessier) and released in 2003.<ref name=fdq>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/sur-le-seuil-eric-tessier/ "Sur le seuil – Film d’Éric Tessier"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 19, 2009.</ref> Adapted from the novel ''Sur le seuil'' by [Patrick Senécal](/source/Patrick_Sen%C3%A9cal), the film stars [Michel Côté](/source/Michel_C%C3%B4t%C3%A9_(actor)) as Paul Lacasse, a doctor who is treating famous horror novelist Thomas Roy ([Patrick Huard](/source/Patrick_Huard)) following a suicide attempt, and begins to find evidence that Roy was in close proximity to every one of the last several dozen tragedies to occur anywhere in Canada.<ref>Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2003/10/01/sur-le-seuil-le-quebec-dans-le-sang-3/ "Sur le seuil : Le Québec dans le sang"]. ''[Voir](/source/Voir)'', October 1, 2003.</ref>

The cast also includes Catherine Florent, [Albert Millaire](/source/Albert_Millaire), Jean L'Italien, Jacques Lavallée, [Jean-Pierre Bergeron](/source/Jean-Pierre_Bergeron), [Normand D'Amour](/source/Normand_D'Amour), Nicolas Canuel, [Frédérique Collin](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9rique_Collin), Annette Garant, Christine Foley, Alexis Belec, [Paul Doucet](/source/Paul_Doucet), Guy Boutet, Anne-Marie Labelle, Frédéric Gilles, Richard Fréchette, [Martin Dubreuil](/source/Martin_Dubreuil), Geneviève Laroche, Patrick Senécal, [Lise Roy](/source/Lise_Roy), Patrice Bélanger, Stéphane Blanchette and Éric Cabana in supporting roles.<ref name=fdq/>

The film opened in theatres on October 3, 2003.<ref name=fdq/>

==Attempted remakes==
Within a couple of weeks of the film's release, [Miramax](/source/Miramax) acquired rights to produce an American remake,<ref>[https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2003/10/23/le-film-quebecois-sur-le-seuil-deviendra-un-remake-americain "Le film québécois Sur le seuil deviendra un remake américain"]. [TVA Nouvelles](/source/TVA_Nouvelles), October 23, 2003.</ref> but this never materialized.

In 2015, GO Films, the original film's studio, announced plans to produce its own English-language remake of the film, to be titled ''Threshold'' and directed by [Érik Canuel](/source/%C3%89rik_Canuel) with the setting transferred to [Boston](/source/Boston),<ref>André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201504/14/01-4861059-la-version-anglaise-de-sur-le-seuil-se-deroulera-a-boston.php "La version anglaise de Sur le seuil se déroulera à Boston"]. ''[La Presse](/source/La_Presse_(Canadian_newspaper))'', April 14, 2015.</ref> but this project was also never completed.

==Awards==
[Louis Hone](/source/Louis_Hone) received a [Jutra Award](/source/Jutra_Award) nomination for [Best Sound](/source/Prix_Iris_for_Best_Sound) at the [6th Jutra Awards](/source/6th_Jutra_Awards) in 2004.<ref>Luc Perreault, "Les Jutra 2003: Grand saison, grand gala". ''[La Presse](/source/La_Presse_(Canadian_newspaper))'', January 22, 2004.</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0380732}}

Category:2003 films
Category:2003 thriller films
Category:French-language Canadian films
Category:Canadian thriller films
Category:2003 Canadian films
Category:Films shot in Quebec
Category:Films set in Quebec
Category:Films based on Canadian novels
Category:Films directed by Éric Tessier
Category:2003 directorial debut films

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