LANGUAGES: French | SUBTITLES: English
Le Doctorat
The PhD
Genre: Dramedy
Running Time: 20 min
Year of production: 2020
SYNOPSIS
A romantic dinner turns into a ludicrous disaster when Bruno, an anxious psychology student, has to lie to his control-freak boyfriend about what really happened during his PhD’s entrance interview earlier that day.
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Production Company: Sarbacane Films
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions
CAST
Félix Emmanuel – Bruno
Charles-Aubey Houde – Jonathan
Zoé Lajeunesse-Guy - Mathilde
MAIN CREDITS
Director: Maxime S Girard
Screenwriter: Maxime S Girard
Producer: Maxime S Girard
Director of Photography: François Herquel
Production Designer: Susan MacQuarrie
Sound: Marc-Olivier Chouinard
Editing: Charles Parisé
Sound Editing: Maxime S Girard
Music Composer: Jean-Gabriel Lalonde
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Sub-genre: LGBTQ - GAY
Language: French
Country of origin: Canada
Year of production: 2020
Total running time: 20 min
Shooting format: Digital
Color type: Color
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Sound format: stereo
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
Shorts That Are Not Pants 2020
Image+Nation 2020
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival 2021
Vancouver Short Film Festival 2021
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2021