# The American Trap > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_American_Trap > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_American_Trap.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Trap > Source revision: 1348468262 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2008 Canadian film The American Trap French Le Piège américain Directed by Charles Binamé Written by Fabienne Larouche Michel Trudeau Produced by Fabienne Larouche Michel Trudeau Starring Rémy Girard Gérard Darmon Colm Feore Cinematography Pierre Gill Edited by Dominique Fortin Music by Sari Dijani Iohann Martin Rudy Toussaint Production company Aetios Distributed by Alliance Atlantis Release date August 26, 2008 (2008-08-26) Running time 95 minutes Country Canada Language French ***The American Trap*** ([French](/source/French_language): *Le Piège américain*) is a 2008 Canadian [drama film](/source/Drama_film) from [Quebec](/source/Quebec), directed by [Charles Binamé](/source/Charles_Binam%C3%A9).[1] The film stars [Rémy Girard](/source/R%C3%A9my_Girard) as [Lucien Rivard](/source/Lucien_Rivard), a Canadian working in the criminal underworld of [Havana](/source/Havana), [Cuba](/source/Cuba) who becomes enmeshed in international intrigue around the assassination of [John F. Kennedy](/source/John_F._Kennedy).[2] ## Cast - [Rémy Girard](/source/R%C3%A9my_Girard) : [Lucien Rivard](/source/Lucien_Rivard) - [Gérard Darmon](/source/G%C3%A9rard_Darmon) : [Paul Mondolini](/source/Paul_Mondoloni) - [Colm Feore](/source/Colm_Feore) : Maurice Bishop - [Serge Houde](/source/Serge_Houde) : DEA Agent Thompson - [Bill Lake](/source/Bill_Lake) : Herbert Hoover - [Manuel Tadros](/source/Manuel_Tadros) : [Joseph Valachi](/source/Joseph_Valachi) ## Award nominations The film garnered five [Genie Award](/source/Genie_Award) nominations at the [29th Genie Awards](/source/29th_Genie_Awards) in 2009:[3] - [Best Cinematography](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_and_Television_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Cinematography): [Pierre Gill](/source/Pierre_Gill) - [Best Art Direction/Production Design](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_and_Television_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Art_Direction%2FProduction_Design): [Danielle Labrie](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danielle_Labrie&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Best Costume Design](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_and_Television_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Costume_Design): [Michèle Hamel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mich%C3%A8le_Hamel&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Best Overall Sound](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_and_Television_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Overall_Sound): [Claude La Haye](/source/Claude_La_Haye), Daniel Bisson, [Luc Boudrias](/source/Luc_Boudrias) and Patrick Lalonde - [Best Sound Editing](/source/Academy_of_Canadian_Cinema_and_Television_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Sound_Editing): Jean-François Sauvé, Natalie Fleurant, Jérôme Décarie and Claude Beaugrand ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "American Trap gets more hype than screens". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, May 19, 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "Lucien Rivard, man of mystery - maybe too much so". *[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)*, May 16, 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Gross epic, Quebec drama lead; Genie Nominations". *[National Post](/source/National_Post)*, February 11, 2009. ## External links - [*The American Trap*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1185437/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films directed by Charles Binamé Un autre homme (1990) Chili's Blues (1994) Eldorado (1995) Streetheart (1998) Pandora's Beauty (2000) Séraphin: Heart of Stone (2002) Hunt for Justice (2005) The Rocket (2005) Gilles Carle: The Untamable Mind (2005) The American Trap (2008) Cyberbully (2011) Elephant Song (2014) This article related to a Canadian film of the 2000s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2000s-Canada-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A2000s-Canada-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000s-Canada-film-stub) This article about a 2000s crime drama film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:2000s-crime-drama-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A2000s-crime-drama-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000s-crime-drama-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The American Trap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Trap) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Trap?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.