Zie 37 Stagen is a Canadian short comedy film, directed by Sylvain Guy and released in 1997. The film centres on an assassin who enters an elevator with a military general with the intention of killing him, only for the elevator trip to be more wild and fantastical than anybody but the elevator operator had imagined.
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Directed by | Sylvain Guy |
Written by | Sylvain Guy |
Produced by | Marcel Giroux |
Starring | Thierry Frémont Denis Mercier Dino Tavarone |
Cinematography | Serge Ladouceur |
Edited by | Claude Grégoire |
Production company | GPA Films |
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Running time | 23 minutes |
Country | Canada |
The film's dialogue is spoken entirely in a mashup of several different European languages.[1]
The film premiered at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in February 1997,[2] and was later screened at the 1997 Yorkton Film Festival, the 1997 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, and in the Perspective Canada program at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]
It won six awards at Yorkton, for Best of Festival, Best Comedy, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, and Best Direction.[4] At Cinéfest, it won the award for Best Canadian Short Film.
It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 18th Genie Awards.[5]
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