I'll End Up in Jail

I'll End Up in Jail (French: Je finirai en prison) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Alexandre Dostie and released in 2019.[1] The film stars Martine Francke as an unhappy housewife who is attempting to escape her life, when she arrives at the scene of a fatal car accident and is convinced by its perpetrator Jelly (Émile Schneider) to help him try to hide the dead body in the forest.[2]

I'll End Up in Jail
Film poster
FrenchJe finirai en prison
Directed byAlexandre Dostie
Produced byHany Ouichou
Written byAlexandre Dostie
StarringMartine Francke
Émile Schneider
Music bySimon Trottier
CinematographyVincent Biron
Edited byStéphane Lafleur
Production
company
Art & Essai
Distributed byTravelling Distribution
Release date
  • July 20, 2019 (2019-07-20)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film premiered at the Guanajuato International Film Festival in July 2019,[2] and had its Canadian premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] It subsequently screened in competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival,[4] and received an honorable mention in the drama category at the 2020 Aspen Shortsfest.[5]

Awards

The film won several awards at Québec Cinéma's Prend ça court! gala in 2020, including a Best Actress award for Francke.[6]

The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards.[7]

References
  1. Natalia Wysocka, "Je finirai à Sundance". Le Devoir, January 30, 2020.
  2. Frédéric Desjardins, "Décor beauceron pour le nouveau court-métrage d’Alexandre Dostie". Beauce Média, October 3, 2019.
  3. Norman Wilner, "TIFF 2019: 10 must-see Canadian short films". Now, August 27, 2019.
  4. Maxime Demers, "Je finirai en prison salué à Sundance". Le Journal de Montréal, January 29, 2020.
  5. Andrew Travers, "Virtual Aspen Shortsfest awards announced". The Aspen Times, April 6, 2020.
  6. André Ducheshe, "Gala Prends ça court!: la Coupe du court décernée à Goodbye Golovin". La Presse, March 4, 2020.
  7. "Les femmes brillent aux nominations du Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, April 23, 2020.
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