10½ | |
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Directed by | Daniel Grou |
Produced by | Pierre Gendron |
Written by | Claude Lalonde |
Cinematography | Bernard Couture |
Edited by | Valérie Héroux |
Production
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Zoofilms
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Distributed by | Les Films Equinoxe |
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Running time
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108 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
Budget | CAD $3.9 million |
10½ is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Daniel Grou and written by Claude Lalonde. It premiered at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal. The story involves a ten-year-old boy called Tommy in the youth-protection system in Quebec.
The film won the 2010 Main Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg at the 59th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg. At the 2010 International Film Festival Bratislava, the film won the FIPRESCI Jury Award and the Student Jury Award. For his role as Tommy, Robert Naylor won the award for Best Actor. In a review for The Gazette in Montreal, Brendan Kelly called the film "gripping" and praised the performances of Claude Legault ("so good as Gilles") and Robert Naylor ("a revelation"). He noted, however, that due to the nature of the story, the film was "not much fun to watch".