Mad Dog Labine

{{Infobox film | name = Mad Dog Labine | image = | alt = | caption = | director = Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr Renaud Lessard | producer = Fanny Forest Ariane Falardeau St-Amour Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr Renaud Lessard | writer = Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr Renaud Lessard | starring = Ève-Marie Martin Zoé Audet Charlotte Aubin Emmanuel Bilodeau | music = | cinematography = Ariane Falardeau St-Amour | editing = Paul Chotel | studio = Rococoeur | distributor = Maison 4:3 | released = {{Film date|2018|10|09|FNCM}} | runtime = 85 minutes | country = Canada | language = French | budget = {{CAD}}150,000<ref name="faradji2022">{{cite news |last1=Faradji |first1=Helen |title=''Mad Dog Labine'' : bienvenue dans le Pontiac |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/cinema/blogue/1925809/region-documentaire-fiction-loterie-chasse |access-date=12 September 2025 |work=Radio-Canada |date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115213525/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/cinema/blogue/1925809/region-documentaire-fiction-loterie-chasse |archive-date=15 November 2022 |language=fr |trans-title=''Mad Dog Labine'': Welcome to Pontiac}}</ref> | gross = }} '''''Mad Dog Labine''''' is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr and Renaud Lessard and released in 2018.<ref>François Lévesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/551441/mad-dog-labine-irresistiblement-rough "«Mad Dog Labine»: irrésistiblement «rough»"]. ''Le Devoir'', April 6, 2019.</ref> Set in the rural Pontiac region of western Quebec, the film stars Ève-Marie Martin as Lindsay Labine, a young girl who is feeling alienated because her father would not take her hunting with her older brothers; hanging out with her friend Justine (Zoé Audet), the girls' lives may be transformed when they unexpectedly find an abandoned winning lottery ticket.<ref>[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/201904/05/01-5221018-mad-dog-labine-chronique-de-labandon-12.php "Mad Dog Labine: chronique de l'abandon"]. ''La Presse'', April 5, 2019.</ref>

The film's cast also includes Charlotte Aubin, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Antoine Pilon, Sébastien Ricard, Barbara Ulrich and Julianne Côté.

The film premiered in October 2018 at the Festival du nouveau cinéma,<ref>[http://povmagazine.com/blog/view/5-doc-premieres-to-catch-at-festival-du-nouveau-cinema "5 Doc Premieres to Catch at Festival du Nouveau Cinema"]. ''Point of View'', October 2, 2018.</ref> and won the Grand Prix Focus Quebec/Canada. It went into general theatrical release in 2019.

The film was a nominee for the John Dunning Best First Feature Award at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards,<ref>Norman Wilner, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/features/canadian-screen-awards-nominations-2020/ "Canadian Screen Awards 2020: Prepare for a Schitt's show"]. ''Now'', February 18, 2020.</ref> and for the Prix Iris for Best First Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1710960/gala-quebec-cinema-prix-iris-antigone-gagnant |title=Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix |publisher=Radio-Canada |date=June 10, 2020 |accessdate=June 20, 2020 |language=French }}</ref>

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Category:2018 films Category:2018 drama films Category:Canadian docufiction films Category:Films set in Quebec Category:Canadian drama films Category:Quebec films Category:French-language Canadian films Category:2018 Canadian films