Drifting States

2005 Canadian film

Drifting States

French| Les États nordiques
Directed by| Denis Côté
Written by| Denis Côté
Produced by| Denis Côté
Starring| Christian LeBlanc
Cinematography| Denis Laplante
Edited by| Rafaël Ouellet

Production
company

Nihilproductions

Release date

* 2005 (2005)

Running time

| 95 minutes
Country| Canada
Language| French
Budget| $80,000

Drifting States (French: Les États nordiques) is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Denis Côté and released in 2005.[1] The film stars Christian Leblanc as Christian, a man from Montreal who is hiding out in the isolated town of Radisson after mercy killing his chronically ill mother.[2]

The film, Côté's feature-length debut, was shot on a budget of just $80,000, and performed primarily by non-professional actors.[3]

Writing for 24 images, André Roy compared the film to the works of Jacques Leduc, particularly Ordinary Tenderness (Tendresse ordinaire) and The Last Glacier (Le dernier glacier).[4]

The film won a Golden Leopard Award in the Video category at the Locarno Film Festival in 2005,[1] and a Woosuk "Indie Vision" Award at the Jeonju International Film Festival in 2006.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b Alioff, Maurie (August 21, 2014). "Denis Côté". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
2. ^ Richard, Bégin (June 16, 2005). ""Les États nordiques : Avant de perdre le nord". Voir (in French). Retrieved November 14, 2023.
3. ^ Marc-André Lussier [fr], (January 18, 2015) "2005: Les États nordiques de Denis Côté". La Presse Retrieved November 14, 2023.
4. ^ André Roy, "Une histoire simple / Les états nordiques de Denis Côté". 24 images, Vol, 121 (Spring 2005), p. 56.
5. ^ Kelly, Brendan (February 11, 2019). "Creative Finance: Denis Côté prospers with quirky art films". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved November 14, 2023.

## External links

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* Drifting States at IMDb

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Films directed by Denis Côté

* Drifting States (2005)
* Our Private Lives (2007)
* All That She Wants (2008)
* Carcasses (2009)
* Curling (2010)
* The Enemy Lines (2010)
* Bestiaire (2012)
* Vic and Flo Saw a Bear (2013)
* Joy of Man's Desiring (2014)
* Boris Without Béatrice (2016)
* A Skin So Soft (2017)
* Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
* Wilcox (2019)
* Social Hygiene (2021)
* That Kind of Summer (2022)
* Mademoiselle Kenopsia (2023)
* Paul (2025)

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