The Timekeeper (2009 film)

The Timekeeper (French: L’Heure de vérité) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Louis Bélanger and released in 2009.[1] Adapted from the novel of the same name by Trevor Ferguson, the film stars Craig Olejnik as Martin Bishop, a young man who takes a job on a railway construction crew in the Northwest Territories, but struggles under the harsh cruelty of crew foreman Fisk (Stephen McHattie).[2] The cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Gary Farmer, Julian Richings and Wayne Robson.[3]

Bélanger's first English-language feature film,[3] it was shot in 2007 in the Port-Cartier and Sept-Îles regions of Quebec.[4] Due to financial problems at distributor Christal Films, the film was not commercially released until it was picked up by Les Films Séville in 2009.[2]

The film received five Jutra Award nominations at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010, for Best Supporting Actor (McHattie), Best Art Direction (André-Line Beauparlant), Best Costume Design (Sophie Lefebvre), Best Makeup (Fanny Vachon) and Best Sound (Marcel Chouinard, Richard Lavoie, Dean Giammarco and Bill Sheppard).[5]