Simone runs a seedy transient motel by herself, day and night, day after day, hoping to raise enough money for her 17-year-old daughter's education. But then a stranger arrives and everything changes. There's nothing normal about him: he's clean, he's got money, and he wants a room for several days, not just for an hour like the other guests. But above all, this strangely familiar man is too interested in Simone's daughter.

THE WASP

Written and directed by Marc Beaupré

Featuring

Marie-France Marcotte, Éléonore Loiselle and Emmanuel Schwartz

2022 | 28 min | fiction

fr - sta

Production : art et essai

MARC BEAUPRÉ

Marc Beaupré studied at the National Theatre School of Canada and has since received immediate critical and popular success. For several years, he has been directing radical stage works, seeking the most current, short and obvious formal means to return to the heart of the classics that have moved him. His work has been acclaimed by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television as well as by the Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre. The Wasp is his first work as a filmmaker.

PRODUCTION : Jeanne-Marie Poulain, Anaëlle Béglet, Line Sander Egede et Irène Bessone

DIRECTION DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE : Vincent Gonneville

DIRECTION ARTISTIQUE : Valérie-Jeanne Mathieu

COSTUMES : Kelly-Anne Bonieux

MONTAGE : Marie-Pier Dupuis

SON : Thomas Sédillot, Benoit Beaupré et Geoffrey Mitchell

MUSIQUE : Antoine Binette Mercier

FESTIVALS

Fantasia International Film Festival, 2022 *OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AWARD FOR MARIE-FRANCE MARCOTTE *AUDIENCE AWARD – BRONZE – BEST QUEBEC SHORT FILM *PRIX DU PUBLIC – BRONZE 2022 – MEILLEUR COURT MÉTRAGE QUÉBÉCOIS
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival, 2022
Off-Courts Trouville, 2022
CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival, 2022
Longue vue sur le court, 2022
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma (RVQC), 2023
Cinema on the Bayou, 2023
Short Film Market Picks – Clermont-Ferrand, 2023
Gala Prends Ça Court!, 2023 *PRIZE UDA – MARIE-FRANCE MARCOTTE