The American Trap
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| The American Trap | |
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| Directed by | Charles Binamé |
| Produced by | Fabienne Larouche Michel Trudeau |
| Written by | Fabienne Larouche Michel Trudeau |
| Starring | Rémy Girard Gérard Darmon Colm Feore |
| Music by | Sari Dijani Iohann Martin Rudy Toussaint |
| Cinematography | Pierre Gill |
| Edited by | Dominique Fortin |
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Aetios
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| Distributed by | Alliance Atlantis |
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The American Trap (French: Le Piège américain) is a 2008 Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Charles Binamé.[1] The film stars Rémy Girard as Lucien Rivard, a Canadian working in the criminal underworld of Havana, Cuba who becomes enmeshed in international intrigue around the assassination of John F. Kennedy.[2]
Cast
- Rémy Girard : Lucien Rivard
- Gérard Darmon : Paul Mondolini
- Colm Feore : Maurice Bishop
- Serge Houde : DEA Agent Thompson
- Bill Lake : Herbert Hoover
- Manuel Tadros : Joseph Valachi
Award nominations
The film garnered five Genie Award nominations at the 29th Genie Awards in 2009:[3]
- Best Cinematography: Pierre Gill
- Best Art Direction/Production Design: Danielle Labrie
- Best Costume Design: Michèle Hamel
- Best Overall Sound: Claude La Haye, Daniel Bisson, Luc Boudrias and Patrick Lalonde
- Best Sound Editing: Jean-François Sauvé, Natalie Fleurant, Jérôme Décarie and Claude Beaugrand
References
- ↑ "American Trap gets more hype than screens". Montreal Gazette, May 19, 2008.
- ↑ "Lucien Rivard, man of mystery - maybe too much so". Montreal Gazette, May 16, 2008.
- ↑ "Gross epic, Quebec drama lead; Genie Nominations". National Post, February 11, 2009.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The American Trap at IMDb
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