Ghost Town Anthology

Ghost Town Anthology (French: Répertoire des villes disparues) is a 2019 French-language Canadian supernatural[1] drama film directed by Denis Côté. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] The film is an adaptation of the 2015 novel by Quebec writer Laurence Oliver.[3]

Ghost Town Anthology
Film poster
FrenchRépertoire des villes disparues
Directed byDenis Côté
Produced byZiad Touma
Written byDenis Côté
StarringRobert Naylor
CinematographyFrançois Messier-Rheault
Edited byNicolas Roy
Release date
  • 11 February 2019 (2019-02-11) (Berlin)
  • 15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) (Canada)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Set in the small town of Sainte-Irénée-les-Neiges, Quebec, the film centres on the inhabitants of the town who are struggling to cope after Simon Dubé, the teenage son of an area family, is killed in a car accident.[4] As the family and town grieve, however, the residents begin to report a number of ghost sightings.[5]

Cast

Awards

The film received 10 Prix Iris nominations at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, for Best Film, Best Director (Côté), Best Actress (Josée Deschênes), Best Supporting Actress (Larissa Corriveau), Best Casting (Côté), Best Art Direction (Marie-Pier Fortier), Best Cinematography (François Messier-Rheault), Best Costume Design (Caroline Bodson), Best Makeup (Dominique T. Hasbani) and Best Hair (Dominique T. Hasbani).[6] It received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020, for Best Supporting Actress (Corriveau) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Côté).[7]

References
  1. "Berlin Film Review: ‘Ghost Town Anthology’". Variety, 11 February 2019.
  2. "Selection for Competition and Berlinale Special Completed". berlinale. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. "Répertoire des villes disparues : « ce n'est pas le gros film déprimant québécois millésime 2019 »". Ici Radio-Canada Première, February 20, 2019.
  4. "Répertoire des villes disparues : la liberté brute de Denis Côté". Ici Radio-Canada, 25 March 2018.
  5. "Berlin Film Review: ‘Ghost Town Anthology’". Variety, 11 February 2019.
  6. "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, 11 April 2019.
  7. "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.
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