Death Dive
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 Film poster | |
| French | Le Scaphandrier |
| Directed by | Alain Vézina |
| Written by | Alain Vézina |
| Produced by | Daniel Morin |
| Starring | Éric Gagné Édith Côté-Demers Alexandre Landry Raymond Bouchard Béatrice Picard |
| Cinematography | Jean Kavanagh |
| Edited by | Marc Plana Alain Baril |
| Music by | Réjean Doyon |
Production company | Boréal Films |
| Distributed by | Filmoption International |
Release date |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Death Dive (French: Le Scaphandrier) is a Canadian horror film, directed by Alain Vézina and released in 2015.[1] The film centres on a zombie invasion in a small town in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, spawned after a journalist tries to investigate the appearance of a mysterious ghost ship in the St. Lawrence River.[2]
The film's cast includes Éric Gagné, Édith Côté-Demers, Alexandre Landry, Raymond Bouchard, Béatrice Picard, Jean-Guy Bouchard, Pascale Létourneau, Benoit Rousseau, Widemir Normil, Charles Dauphinais, Félix-Antoine Duval and Dominique Laniel.
It premiered in Quebec theatres in February 2015,[1] and was subsequently screened at several international horror and fantasy film festivals, including the Sitges Film Festival.[3] At the Torremolinos Fantastic Film Festival, it won the awards for Best Special Effects and Best Direction.[4]
Joan-Patricia Parris and Mario Soucy received a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best Makeup at the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2016.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Charles-Henri Ramond, "Scaphandrier, Le – Film de Alain Vézina". Films du Québec, January 26, 2015.
- ^ Éric Moreault, "Le scaphandrier: 20 000 zombies sous le fleuve". Le Soleil, February 21, 2015.
- ^ Marc Larouche, "«Le Scaphandrier» sélectionné dans des festivals internationaux". Info-Dimanche, October 4, 2015.
- ^ "Des prix pour Le scaphandrier". Le Devoir, November 13, 2015.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016.
External links
[edit]- Death Dive at IMDb
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