My Internship in Canada

{{Infobox film | name = My Internship in Canada | image = My_Internship_in_Canada.jpg | alt = | native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre}} | caption = | director = [[Philippe Falardeau]] | producer = [[Luc Déry]] [[Kim McCraw]] | writer = Philippe Falardeau | story = | starring = [[Patrick Huard]] [[Irdens Exantus]] [[Suzanne Clément]] [[Paul Doucet]] | music = [[Martin Léon]] | cinematography = [[Ronald Plante]] | editing = [[Richard Comeau]]<ref name=FQ>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmsquebec.com/films/guibord-s-en-va-t-en-guerre-philippe-falardeau/ |website=Films du Québec |language=fr |accessdate=16 January 2016 |title=Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre – Film de Philippe Falardeau}}</ref> | studio = micro_scope<ref name=FQ/> | distributor = [[Les Films Christal]] | released = {{Film date|2015|8|10|[[Locarno International Film Festival|Locarno]]}} | runtime = 108 minutes | country = Canada | language = French English [[Haitian Creole]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''My Internship in Canada''''' ({{langx|fr|Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre}}, lit. "Guibord Goes to War") is a Canadian [[political satire]] film written and directed by [[Philippe Falardeau]].<ref name="variety" /> The film premiered in 2015 at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]].<ref name=variety>[https://variety.com/2015/film/news/monsieur-lazhars-philippe-falardeau-films-distribution-re-team-for-my-internship-in-canada-1201419430/ "‘Monsieur Lazhar’s’’ Philippe Falardeau, Films Distribution Re-team for ‘My Internship in Canada’"]. ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', January 30, 2015.</ref>

The film was nominated for four [[Canadian Screen Awards]], and won three awards at the [[18th Quebec Cinema Awards]]. It was also part of the [[Canada's Top Ten]] screening series of the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]].

== Plot == The film stars [[Patrick Huard]] as Steve Guibord, an independent, moderate [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for the northern Quebec electoral district of Prescott–Makadewa–Rapides-aux-Outardes, who unexpectedly finds himself in the position of becoming the tie-breaking voter on whether Canada will go to [[war]] in the [[Middle East]].<ref name="variety" /> Embarking on a tour of his constituency to evaluate public opinion, various lobby groups and Canada's Prime Minister spin the debate further and further out of control.

Guibord's confusion and eventual national tour is documented by Souverain ([[Irdens Exantus]]), his Haitian immigrant [[intern]], who often calls his mother (and an increasing audience of passers-by) with updates on the situation.<ref name="variety" />

== Cast == * [[Patrick Huard]] as Steve Guibord * [[Irdens Exantus]] as Souverain Pascal * [[Suzanne Clément]] as Suzanne * Clémence Dufresne-Deslières as Lune * Sonia Cordeau as Stéphanie Caron-Lavallée * [[Paul Doucet]] as the [[Prime Minister of Canada]] * Jules Philip as Maire * Dangelo Néard as Optimiste * [[Robin Aubert]] as Rodrigue * [[Ellen David]] as Allison * [[Micheline Lanctôt]] as Mairesse * [[Alexis Martin (actor)|Alexis Martin]] as Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada * [[Paul Ahmarani]] as Professor Amin

== Production == The film was shot from 24 September to 10 November 2014 in [[Val-d'Or]], the [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue]] region, [[Ottawa]], and [[Haiti]].<ref name=FQ/>

== Accolades == The film had its North American premiere at the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/toronto-film-festival-born-to-be-blue-into-the-forest-1201556975/ |accessdate=2015-09-21 |date=2015-08-05 |author=Jennie Punter |title=Toronto Film Festival to Debut Ethan Hawke's 'Born to Be Blue,' Ellen Page's 'Into the Forest' }}</ref> where it received an honourable mention from the Canadian film jury.<ref>{{cite press release |date=2015-09-20 |accessdate=2015-09-21 |title=Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2015 Award Winners |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/presscontent.tiff.net/docs/48vk20_Festival_Awards_2015__8877337_1442771061.pdf |publisher=TIFF}}</ref> It was released in the province of Quebec on 2 October 2015, on seven screens, with a wide release in the province on 9 October 2015.<ref name=FQ/> In December, the film was announced as part of TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten screening series of the ten best Canadian films of the year.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/tiff-reveals-canadas-top-ten-film-festival-line-up/article27649543/ "TIFF reveals Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival line-up"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', December 8, 2015.</ref> In January 2016, it won the Canada's Top Ten Film Festival People's Choice Award, voted on by audiences in Toronto.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Philippe Falardeau's ''My Internship in Canada'' Wins the Canada's Top Ten Film Festival People's Choice Award |publisher=TIFF |date=18 January 2016 |accessdate=23 January 2016 |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/presscontent.tiff.net/docs/zm4Woy_2015_Canada's_Top_Ten_Film_Festival_AWARD_WINNERS_1_8931714_1453388666.pdf }}</ref>

The film garnered four [[Canadian Screen Award]] nominations at the [[4th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2016,<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/television/room-schitts-creek-lead-2016-canadian-screen-award-nominations "Room, Schitt’s Creek lead 2016 Canadian Screen Award nominations"]. ''[[National Post]]'', January 20, 2016.</ref> including [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Picture]], [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] (Irdens Exantus), [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] (Philippe Falardeau) and [[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound|Best Sound]] ([[Bernard Gariépy Strobl]], Daniel Bisson, [[Claude La Haye]] and Benoît Leduc). For the [[18th Quebec Cinema Awards]] (formerly known as the Prix Jutra), it won Best Supporting Actor (Exantus), Best Original Score and Best Editing.

It was shortlisted for the [[Prix collégial du cinéma québécois]] in 2016.<ref>David Rémillard, [https://www.lesoleil.com/2016/03/20/chorus-remporte-leprix-collegial-du-cinema-quebecois-e31fb377aa1a0734514773a334aceee6 "Chorus remporte le Prix collégial du cinéma québécois"]. ''[[Le Soleil (Quebec)|Le Soleil]]'', March 19, 2016.</ref>

In 2023, Barry Hertz of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' named the film as one of the 23 best Canadian comedy films ever made.<ref>Barry Hertz, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-best-canadian-comedies/ "The 23 best Canadian comedies ever made"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', June 28, 2023.</ref>

== References == {{Reflist|2}}

== External links == * {{Official website|URL=http://guibord-lefilm.com}} (Quebec) * {{official website|URL=http://www.filmsdistribution.com/Film.aspx?ID=9007}} (international) * {{IMDb title|4116116}}

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