The American Trap

{{Infobox film | name = The American Trap | image = | caption = | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Le Piège américain}} | director = [[Charles Binamé]] | producer = Fabienne Larouche Michel Trudeau | writer = Fabienne Larouche Michel Trudeau | starring = [[Rémy Girard]] [[Gérard Darmon]] [[Colm Feore]] | music = Sari Dijani Iohann Martin Rudy Toussaint | cinematography = [[Pierre Gill]] | editing = [[Dominique Fortin]] | released = {{film date|2008|08|26}} | studio = Aetios | distributor = [[Alliance Atlantis]] | runtime = 95 minutes | country = Canada | language = French }} '''''The American Trap''''' ({{langx|fr|Le Piège américain}}) is a 2008 Canadian [[drama film]] from [[Quebec]], directed by [[Charles Binamé]].<ref>"American Trap gets more hype than screens". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', May 19, 2008.</ref> The film stars [[Rémy Girard]] as [[Lucien Rivard]], a Canadian working in the criminal underworld of [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] who becomes enmeshed in international intrigue around the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]].<ref>"Lucien Rivard, man of mystery - maybe too much so". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', May 16, 2008.</ref>

==Cast== * [[Rémy Girard]] : [[Lucien Rivard]] * [[Gérard Darmon]] : [[Paul Mondoloni|Paul Mondolini]] * [[Colm Feore]] : Maurice Bishop * [[Serge Houde]] : DEA Agent Thompson * [[Bill Lake]] : Herbert Hoover * [[Manuel Tadros]] : [[Joseph Valachi]]

==Award nominations== The film garnered five [[Genie Award]] nominations at the [[29th Genie Awards]] in 2009:<ref>"Gross epic, Quebec drama lead; Genie Nominations". ''[[National Post]]'', February 11, 2009.</ref> *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]: [[Pierre Gill]] *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design|Best Art Direction/Production Design]]: [[Danielle Labrie]] *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]: [[Michèle Hamel]] *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound|Best Overall Sound]]: [[Claude La Haye]], Daniel Bisson, [[Luc Boudrias]] and Patrick Lalonde *[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]]: Jean-François Sauvé, Natalie Fleurant, Jérôme Décarie and Claude Beaugrand

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|1185437}}

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