File 13 () is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Patrick Huard and released in 2010.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Filière 13 – Film de Patrick Huard". Films du Québec, July 3, 2010. The film centres on Thomas (Claude Legault), Benoît (Paul Doucet) and Jean-François (Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge), three bumbling police officers who unexpectedly stumble into an opportunity to try to capture Fecteau (Jean-Pierre Bergeron), a high-ranking figure in the sponsorship scandal who has managed to elude arrest for several years.François Lévesque, "La filière Huard". Le Devoir, July 30, 2010.
The supporting cast includes Élisabeth Locas, Marie Turgeon, Anik Jean, André Sauvé, Sharlene Royer, Laurent Paquin, Carmen Ferlan, Monique Spaziani, Luc Senay, Jean Petitclerc, Annick Léger, Widemir Normil, Daniel Boucher and Emmanuel Auger.
Production The film was made by the same production team, and featured the same three primary stars, as The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons), but was not a sequel."Trois policiers en détresse". Ici Radio-Canada, August 2, 2010.
It was originally slated to be directed by Louis Choquette, under the title Operation Tablet, with Huard coming in as director after Choquette dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.Marc-André Lussier, "La dure leçon d'un scénariste". La Presse, October 29, 2010. Choquette had cast Legault as Jean-François and Lemay-Thivierge as Thomas, with Huard choosing to swap their roles as he felt they fit the actors better.Sonia Sarfati, "Filière 13: les trois «boeufs»". La Presse, July 31, 2010.
It went into production in Montreal in fall 2009.Anabelle Nicoud, "Patrick Huard prépare son deuxième film". La Presse, September 9, 2009.
Release The film had been slated to premiere on August 6, 2010, with its premiere advanced to August 4 at the last minute."Première du film Filière 13". La Presse, August 3, 2010.
Although the film was commercially successful, surpassing the $1 million benchmark for commercial success in the Quebec market within 10 days of its release,"Filière 13 franchit le cap du million $". La Presse, August 13, 2010. it was poorly received by critics,Odile Tremblay, "Cinéma - Les 3 p'tits morons". Le Devoir, August 4, 2010. who virtually all compared it directly to The 3 L'il Pigs and asserted that it had failed to capture the same qualities that made the earlier film successful.Manon Dumais, "Filière 13 : 3 flics su’l sofa". Voir, August 5, 2010. It has not been publicly stated whether the critical failure of File 13 was a factor in Huard not returning as director of The 3 L'il Pigs 2 in 2016.
Awards Simon Poudrette, Christian Rivest and Dominique Delguste received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Sound at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011."La liste complète des nominations aux Jutra 2011". Le Devoir, March 11, 2011.
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