An Extraordinary Person

An Extraordinary Person
An Extraordinary Person
	File:An Extraordinary Person poster.jpg Film poster
French	Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire
Directed by	Monia Chokri
Written by	Monia Chokri
Produced by	Nancy Grant
Starring	Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
Cinematography	Josée Deshaies
Edited by	Xavier Dolan
Production; company	Metafilms
Distributed by	La Distributrice des films
Release date	August 13, 2013 (Locarno);
Running time	19 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

An Extraordinary Person (French: Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Monia Chokri and released in 2013.^[1] The film stars Magalie Lépine-Blondeau as Sarah, a brilliant academic who suffers from severe social anxiety but must cope with seeing many old friends at her colleague's engagement party.^[2] The film's cast also includes Anne Dorval, Sophie Cadieux, Evelyne Brochu, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Laurence Leboeuf, Marilyn Castonguay and Anne-Marie Cadieux.

The film premiered at the 2013 Locarno Festival,^[1] and was named in the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list as one of the ten best Canadian short films of 2013.^[3] It won the Prix Jutra for Best Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards.^[2]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 Julie Ledoux, "Le court métrage Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire de Monia Chokri en compétition au Festival du film de Locarno". Voir, July 17, 2013.
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Chutes extraordinaires et royaumes mortels: 7 courts métrages québécois de La distributrice de films". 24 images, Vol. 172 (June/July 2015).
^ "TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle". CBC News, December 3, 2013.

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