Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi is a 2007

2007 in film

This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007...

 Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 starring Laurent Lucas

Laurent Lucas

-Biography:A student of Charles Dullin, Lucas soon became one of the most admired young performers in the Strasbourg National Theatre. He first emerged on the scene with his role in I Hate Love, where he starred as an HIV positive man....

, written and directed by Noël Mitrani

Noël Mitrani

Noël Mitrani is a French and Canadian film director, a writer and also a film producer through his own production company, StanKaz Films.- Biography :...

.

The film's production companies are Atopia

Atopia

Atopia may refer to:*a society which does not have territorial borders.*a book by Helmut Willke.*an essay by Vittorio Gregotti, "On Atopia" in his book "Inside Architecture"*a film studio Atopia *a communications design studio...

 and StanKaz Films. The distributor

Film distributor

A film distributor is a company or individual responsible for releasing films to the public either theatrically or for home viewing...

 is Atopia

Atopia

Atopia may refer to:*a society which does not have territorial borders.*a book by Helmut Willke.*an essay by Vittorio Gregotti, "On Atopia" in his book "Inside Architecture"*a film studio Atopia *a communications design studio...

 in Canada and United States. English title : On The Trail Of Igor Rizzi.

This movie won the Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at 2006’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot

A grief-stricken and destitute French ex-soccer player has moved to Montreal, the home town of his lost love, in an effort to recapture her presence. He is haunted by the regret of never having told her how much he loved her. To earn money he accepts to kill a certain Igor Rizzi...

Cast

• Laurent Lucas
  Laurent Lucas
  -Biography:A student of Charles Dullin, Lucas soon became one of the most admired young performers in the Strasbourg National Theatre. He first emerged on the scene with his role in I Hate Love, where he starred as an HIV positive man....
  
   ... as Jean-Marc Thomas
• Pierre-Luc Brillant
  Pierre-Luc Brillant
  Pierre-Luc Brillant is a Canadian actor. He first appeared as Raymond Beaulieu in C.R.A.Z.Y. He also played in Mathusalem II by Roger Cantin, Life After Love by Gabriel Pelletier and Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi by Noël Mitrani. Brillant is also a musician and anti-establishment songwriter.-External...
  
   ... as Jean-Michel
• Emmanuel Bilodeau ... as Gilbert McCoy
• Isabelle Blais ... as Mélanie
• Yves Allaire ... as Howard
• Dan Chapman
  Dan Chapman
  Dan Chapman is a professional drift driver from the United Kingdom competing in the JDM Allstars series. He was the runner up in the 2008 and 2009 season behind Remmo Niezen and finished third in the 2010 championship behind Jon Calvert and the chapion Luke Fink.Dan drives his own Nissan Silvia S13...
  
   ... as Igor Rizzi
• Jacinthe Pilote ... as The dead woman

Awards

• Toronto International Film Festival 2006 — Best Canadian First Feature
• Canada's Top Ten 2006.

Festivals

• Tremblant Film Festival 2006
• Venice International Film Festival 2006 - Critic's Week
• Toronto International Film Festival 2006
• International Francophone Film Festival of Namur 2006
• Festival of New Cinema of Montreal 2006
• Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2006
• Entre-vues, Festival du film de Belfort 2006
• Sydney Canadian Film Festival, Australia, 2006
• Festival International du Film de Ouidah 2007
• London Canadian Film Festival, 2007
• Shanghai International Film Festival 2007
• Festival de Lima 2007
• Calgary International Film Festival 2007

External links

• imdbhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0832958/ .
• official web site & trailerhttp://www.surlatracedigorrizzi.com/igor-rizzi.php?lang=en .
• Trailer on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd7m35CTHQ4
• Canada's Top Ten 2006 http://www.topten.ca/surlatracedigorrizzi.asp
• Eye Weekly http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_02.01.07/film/lead.php
• The Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/artsentertainment/article/177426
• The Gazette January 15, 2007 http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=56a14f4a-7c91-4cb5-bad2-33a3a4c11e1f
• The Gazette January 19, 2007 http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/preview/story.html?id=9817b425-28d7-4672-83f3-72318671eb52
• The Globe And Mail http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070207.RIZZI07/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Movies/
• Torontoist interview http://www.torontoist.com/archives/2007/01/tall_poppy_inte_46.php
• The National Post http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=8361be3d-cec6-43fb-9d98-2f115e25c0e0
• Brian Johnson http://forums.macleans.ca/advansis/?mod=for&act=dip&pid=31551&tid=31551&ref=rss&eid=44