{{Infobox film | name = King Dave | image = King Dave film poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = [[Daniel Grou]] | producer = [[Nicole Robert (producer)|Nicole Robert]]<br>Jaime Tobon | writer = [[Alexandre Goyette]] | starring = Alexandre Goyette<br>[[Karelle Tremblay]] | music = [[Milk & Bone]] | cinematography = [[Jérôme Sabourin]] | editing = | studio = [[Go Films]] | distributor = [[Les Films Séville]] | released = {{Film date|2016|07|14|Fantasia International Film Festival|df=y}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = Canada | language = French | budget = $4.7 million<ref name="Vallet"/> | gross = }} '''''King Dave''''' is a 2016 Canadian [[drama film]] directed by "Podz" ([[Daniel Grou]]) and starring screenwriter [[Alexandre Goyette]] and [[Karelle Tremblay]]. Directed as a [[One-shot film|single shot]], it is based on Goyette's stage play of the same name.
The film premiered at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]]. It was nominated for three [[5th Canadian Screen Awards|Canadian Screen Awards]].
==Plot== Dave is a young man who considers himself to be a king as well as a strong man. When he sees another man dancing with his girlfriend, he sets out for revenge, walking and riding on a car and bus over nine kilometres on his way.
==Cast== {{Cast listing| *[[Alexandre Goyette]] as Dave *[[Karelle Tremblay]] as Nathalie *[[Mylène St-Sauveur]] as Isabelle *[[Moe Jeudy-Lamour]] as Ali *[[Lise Roy]] as Vieille écolo *[[Micheline Bernard]] as Dave's mother }}
==Production== [[File:Podz 2010.jpg|200px|thumb|[[Daniel Grou]] shot the film in continuous shots.]] Alexandre Goyette wrote the film, based on his play.<ref name="Eisner">{{Cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/800986/viff-2016-king-dave |title=VIFF 2016: King Dave |last=Eisner |first=Ken |date=6 October 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=[[The Georgia Straight]]}}</ref> Director [[Daniel Grou]], under his professional pseudonym "Podz", filmed ''King Dave'' in five unbroken shots, in five nights. However, all of the footage seen in the released film was taken in the fifth night of shots.<ref name="Kelly">{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/podzs-king-dave-one-shot-film-premieres-at-fantasia |title=Podz's King Dave: One-shot film premières at Fantasia |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=11 July 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=[[The Montreal Gazette]]}}</ref> Podz said that unlike other "one-shot films" such as [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Rope (film)|Rope]]'', this method was not to portray action in [[Real time (media)|real time]], but to portray the character narrating in real time.<ref name="Kelly"/> Despite the challenges in the proposed project, producer [[Nicole Robert (producer)|Nicole Robert]] was eager to make it and raised a budget of $4.7 million.<ref name="Vallet">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201607/08/01-4999113-king-dave-un-pari-risque-pour-podz.php |title=King Dave: un pari risqué pour Podz |last=Vallet |first=Stephanie |date=9 July 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}}</ref> Art director André Guimond then went [[location scouting]], choosing an area of [[Montreal]] for shooting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/474963/cinema-king-dave-le-beau-risque |title="King Dave": le beau risque |last=Lévesque |first=François |date=7 July 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=[[Le Devoir]]}}</ref>
[[Rehearsal]]s took place for weeks before filming commenced. Difficulties on the fourth day caused all of the footage to be unused.<ref name="Kelly"/> Twenty locations were used.<ref name="Cassivi"/>
==Reception== The film debuted at the [[Fantasia International Film Festival]] on 14 July 2016 before a theatrical Quebec release on 15 July.<ref name="Kelly"/> Critical reception was generally positive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/05/30/gala-quebec-cinema-alexandre-goyette_n_16882632.html |title=Gala Québec Cinéma: Alexandre Goyette se "câli..." de ne pas être en nomination |last=Roy |first=Marie-Josée |date=30 May 2017 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> ''[[The Georgia Straight]]''{{'}}s Ken Eisner, reviewing the film in the [[Vancouver International Film Festival]] in October 2016, called it "highly kinetic" and fun.<ref name="Eisner"/> Marc Cassivi gave it three and a half stars in ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]''.<ref name="Cassivi">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/201607/15/01-5001335-king-dave-pari-fou-releve-12.php |title=King Dave: pari fou relevé ***1/2 |last=Cassivi |first=Marc |date=15 July 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]}}</ref>
===Accolades=== {| 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=3| [[Canadian Screen Awards]] |rowspan=3|[[5th Canadian Screen Awards|12 March 2017]] | [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound|Best Overall Sound]] | Sylvain Brassard, Michel Lecoufle, Stephen De Oliveira and Nicholas Gagnon | {{nom}} |style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|<ref name="Furdyk">{{Cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3186086/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed/ |title=2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed |last=Furdyk |first=Brent |work=[[Global News]] |date=17 January 2017 |accessdate=2 March 2017}}</ref> |- | [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]] | Sylvain Brassard, Guy Pelletier and Christian Rivest | {{nom}} |- | [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Music – Original Song|Best Original Song]] | Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne, "Natalie" | {{nom}} |- !scope="row" | [[Prix Iris]] |rowspan=1| [[19th Quebec Cinema Awards|4 June 2017]] | Best Visual Effects | Jean-Pierre Boies, Mathieu Jolicoeur, Jean-François Talbot | {{won}} |style="text-align:center;" rowspan=1|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/06/01/gala-des-artisans-quebec-cinema-xavier-dolan-amorce-sa-recolte-1 |title=Gala des artisans Québec cinéma: Xavier Dolan amorce sa récolte |last=Lauzon |first=Yan |date=1 June 2017 |accessdate=2 June 2017 |work=[[Le Journal de Montreal]]}}</ref> |- |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|4551882}}
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