And the Birds Rained Down

And the Birds Rained Down (French: Il pleuvait des oiseaux) is a 2019 Canadian drama film, directed by Louise Archambault.[1] An adaptation of the novel by Jocelyne Saucier, the film centres on a group of senior citizens living off-the-grid in a wilderness setting, whose orderly and quiet lives are threatened by changes in their personal group dynamics after the death of the group leader and the arrival of a new outsider.[2]

And the Birds Rained Down
Film poster
FrenchIl pleuvait des oiseaux
Directed byLouise Archambault
Produced byGinette Petit
Written byLouise Archambault
Based onIl pleuvait des oiseaux by Jocelyne Saucier
StarringRémy Girard
Gilbert Sicotte
Andrée Lachapelle
Ève Landry
CinematographyMathieu Laverdière
Edited byRichard Comeau
Production
company
Les Films Outsiders
Distributed byMK2 Mile End
Indie Sales
Release date
  • September 7, 2019 (2019-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast includes Rémy Girard, Gilbert Sicotte, Andrée Lachapelle, Ève Landry, Louise Portal and Kenneth Welsh. The film was nominated for five Canadian Screen Awards, with Girard winning for Best Supporting Actor.

Release

The film premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was commercially released to theatres in September 2019.[4]

In December 2019, the film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list.[5]

Accolades
Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
Canadian Screen Awards 28 May 2020 Best Adapted Screenplay Louise Archambault Nominated [6][7]
Best Actor Gilbert Sicotte Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Rémy Girard Won
Best Costume Design Caroline Poirier Nominated
Best Overall Sound Jean Camden, Sylvain Bellemare, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Stéphane Larivière Nominated
Gothenburg Film Festival 24 January–3 February 2020 Dragon Award Won [8]
Prix Iris 10 June 2020 Best Film Ginette Petit Nominated [9][10]
Best Actor Gilbert Sicotte Won
Best Actress Andrée Lachapelle Won
Best Supporting Actor Rémy Girard Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Ève Landry Nominated
Best Screenplay Louise Archambault Nominated
Best Cinematography Mathieu Laverdière Nominated
Best Art Direction Marie-Claude Gosselin, Jean Lebourdais Nominated
Best Original Music Andréa Bélanger, David Ratté Nominated
Best Costume Design Caroline Poirier Nominated
Best Hairstyling Martin Lapointe Nominated
Best Casting Karel Quinn, Lucie Robitaille Nominated
Public Prize Won
San Sebastián International Film Festival 20–28 September 2019 Guipuzcoan Blood-Donors' Association Corresponding to the Solidarity Award Won [11]

References
  1. "La bande-annonce du film Il pleuvait des oiseaux dévoilée". Ici Radio-Canada. July 30, 2019.
  2. "Une première bande-annonce dévoilée pour "Il pleuvait des oiseaux"". Le Journal de Montréal. April 25, 2019.
  3. Howell, Peter (July 31, 2019). "Indigenous films highlight Canadian slate at TIFF 2019". Toronto Star.
  4. "Sortie bande-annonce : Il pleuvait des oiseaux". Voir. July 30, 2019.
  5. Wilner, Norman (December 11, 2019). "TIFF announces Canada's top 10 films of 2019". Now.
  6. "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. Demers, Maxime (28 May 2020). "Antigone sacré meilleur film aux Écrans canadiens". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. "Le film Il pleuvait des oiseaux récompensé par un festival européen" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  9. "Prix Iris 2020: «Il pleuvait des oiseaux» et «La femme de mon frère» partent favoris". The Huffington Post (in French). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  11. "Parallel awards". San Sebastián International Film Festival. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2020.


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