City of Shadows (2010 film)

2010 Canadian film

City of Shadows

Film poster

French| La Cité
Directed by| Kim Nguyen
Written by| Kim Nguyen
Produced by| Yves Fortin
André Martin
Starring| Jean-Marc Barr
Claude Legault
Pierre Lebeau
Cinematography| Nicolas Bolduc
Edited by| Richard Comeau
Louis-Philippe Rathé
Music by| Philippe Héritier

Production
companies

Bohemian Films
Productions Thalie

Release date

* February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08) (SBIFF)

Running time

| 82 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| French

City of Shadows (French: La Cité) is a 2010 Canadian drama film, written and directed by Kim Nguyen.[1] Partially inspired by but not a direct adaptation of Albert Camus's novel The Plague, the film stars Jean-Marc Barr as Maxime Vincent, a war doctor serving in North Africa who comes across a city dealing with an outbreak of bubonic plague.[2]

The cast also includes Claude Legault, Pierre Lebeau, Sabine Karsenti, Lotfi Abdelli and Lotfi Dziri.

The film was shot in Tunisia in 2008,[3] but commercial release was delayed until 2010 by financial problems at original distributor Christal Films.[4]

It received five Jutra Award nominations at the 13th Jutra Awards, for Best Director (Nguyen), Best Cinematography (Nicolas Bolduc), Best Art Direction (Patrice Vermette), Best Costume Design (Mariane Carter) and Best Original Music (Philippe Héritier).[5]

## References

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1. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Cité, La – Film de Kim Nguyen". Films du Québec, March 9, 2010.
2. ^ Odile Tremblay, "Kim Nguyen - Au Sahara quand la cité vacille". Le Devoir, April 3, 2010.
3. ^ Nicolas Gendron and Luc Laporte-Rainville, "Kim Nguyen, scénariste et réalisateur de La Cité"]. Ciné-Bulles, Vol, 28 No. 2 (Spring 2010).
4. ^ Andrew McIntosh and Myriam Fontaine, "Kim Nguyen". The Canadian Encyclopedia, March 17, 2013.
5. ^ "Incendies leads race for Jutra Awards". CBC News, February 9, 2011.

## External links

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* City of Shadows at IMDb

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Films directed by Kim Nguyen

* The Marsh (2002)
* Truffles (2008)
* City of Shadows (2010)
* War Witch (2012)
* Two Lovers and a Bear (2016)
* Eye on Juliet (2017)
* The Hummingbird Project (2018)

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