Rodeo () is a 2022 Canadian drama film, directed and co-written by Joëlle Desjardins Paquette.Pierre-Marc Durivage, "Premier coup d’œil au film Rodéo". La Presse, October 5, 2022. The film stars Maxime Le Flaguais as Serge, a truck driver who takes his young daughter Lily (Lilou Roy-Lanouette) on a cross-Canada road trip to attend a truck rodeo in Alberta, against the context of a dispute with his ex-wife (Whitney Lafleur) over custody of her.André Duchesne, "Maxime Le Flaguais en camionneur dans le film Rodéo". La Presse, July 30, 2021.
The film went into production in August 2021. Although not directly based on their real lives, the film was inspired in part by Desjardins Paquette's father, a professional truck mechanic with Kenworth's operations in Montreal.Steve Bouchard, "RODÉO: un film-cadeau de Joëlle Desjardins Paquette à son père Daniel". Transport Routier, December 7, 2021.
The film premiered on November 8, 2022 at the Cinemania film festival.T'Cha Dunlevy, "Montreal's Cinemania festival uses 'French-speaking culture as a bridge'". Montreal Gazette, October 28, 2022. It later screened in the Borsos Competition at the 2022 Whistler Film Festival.Alyssa Noel, "Whistler Film Festival announces film lineup". Pique Newsmagazine, November 2, 2022. Commercial release is slated for early 2023.
Awards At Whistler, Desjardins Paquette won the award for Best Director of a Borsos Competition Film and Roy-Lanouette received an honourable mention for Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film.Pat Mullen, "River, Coyote Top Whistler Film Festival Awards Winners". Point of View, December 4, 2022. It was also named the winner of the EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Feature Film by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists.Dana Gee, "Rodéo wins the EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Feature at Whistler Film Festival". North Bay Nugget, December 14, 2022.
The film received two nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Lead Performance in a Film (Le Flaguais) and the John Dunning Best First Feature Award.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Écrans canadiens – Viking,13 nominations". Films du Québec, February 22, 2023. It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best First Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.Maxime Demers, "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations". Le Journal de Montréal, November 14, 2023.
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