The Sound of Trees

The Sound of Trees (2015)

Le bruit des arbres

At 17, Jérémie dreams of a better place, far from the family sawmill and his native village in Bas-Saint-Laurent. The situation despairs his father Régis, who blames a small-time drug dealer for this disinterest. When the older brother leaves, the lives of Jérémie and Régis are turned upside down.

Date of release
2015-07-03
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (6)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Drama
Director
François Péloquin

Casting

Interesting facts

The Sound of Trees is a 2015 Canadian coming-of-age drama film directed by François Péloquin and co-written by Péloquin and Sarah Lévesque. Starring Antoine L’Écuyer and Roy Dupuis, the film centres on a teenage trainee lumberjack in Quebec’s Bas-Saint-Laurent region. It won Péloquin the Emerging Canadian Director award at the Vancouver International Film Festival and screened in competition at Karlovy Vary.

Production

The film was produced by Couzin Films. It was directed by François Péloquin and written by Péloquin and Sarah Lévesque. Filming took place from August 18 to September 15, 2014, in Saint-Ulric, Saint-Léandre, Baie-des-Sables, Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Saint-Noël and Matane. The film had an approximate budget of C$1.25 million.

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