Les Films du 3 Mars and Les Rapailleurs have announced that In Broad Daylight, written and directed by Emmanuel Tardif, will have its Quebec premiere at the Cinemania Film Festival, in the “Films du Québec” competition and will be eligible for the Prix du Rayonnement Banque Nationale.

Presented as a World Premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, this psychological drama stars Amaryllis Tremblay, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, David Savard, Elijah Patrice, Jean-Simon Leduc, and Marianne Fortier.

In Broad Daylight will screen at Cinemania on Saturday, November 12 at 5 p.m. at Cinéma du Musée, in the original French version with English subtitles, with the film team in attendance.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/718470167

Bébé is born into a dying world. He opens his eyes in a family whose own eyes are closed. He cries out in a house where people stay shushed and sequestered. Bébé brings chaos. He is not loved. Before she suffocates in this noxious atmosphere, young mother Hélène breaks away from the shredding family fabric, abandoning her parents, brother and child, all of whom smoulder slowly in their respective silos. She leaves behind the gloomy indoor swimming pool to embrace the immensity of the river, searching for her child’s father, a builder of better worlds. A one-night-stand narrated in reverse, masterfully twisted, the better to bring out the blind spots…in broad daylight.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKER

Emmanuel Tardif approaches cinema as an abstract and revealing journey. Having extended his understanding of film production and direction at Concordia University, he pursued his work as a writer, director and editor on his first feature film, Speak Love (2019), which took several years to write, prepare and finance. Since then, Emmanuel has co-founded the production company Les Rapailleurs, with which he wrote, directed and produced his second film, Heirdoms (2021), as well as his third feature film, In Broad Daylight, to be released in 2023. Emmanuel is working on his first documentary feature with The Walker, a portrait of an autistic man who writes his first short film and performs the main role.

IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

Feature, 110 minutes, 2022, Quebec/Canada

Original French version with English subtitles

Direction: Emmanuel Tardif | Script: Emmanuel Tardif | Cinematography: François Herquel | Art direction: Geneviève Boiteau | Editing: Antoine Foley-Dupont | Sound design: François Lacasse | Sound mix: François Lacasse | Music: Julien Racine | Sound recording: Yecine Meliani | Cast: Amaryllis Tremblay, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, David Savard, Elijah Patrice, Jean-Simon Leduc and Marianne Fortier | Production: Les Rapailleurs (Emmanuel Tardif and Léa Roy) | Distribution: Les Films du 3 Mars

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Website / F3M: f3m.ca/en/film/in-broad-daylight

Information and tickets: festivalcinemania.com/en/film/in-broad-daylight