The Monarch
Synopsis
A year after his father’s horrific hunting accident, a disillusioned and anxious thirty-something returns to the land he inherited to attend an unusual tribute held by local hunters. Threatened by an enigmatic stranger but determined to confront his recurring nightmares, Éloi unwittingly ventures on a trail leading to the Monarch, the king of the forest, who appears to hold the key to the Mystery.
Festivals
AWARDS
Best Canadian First Feature Award
Vancouver Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Youth Jury Prize
Dieppe Canadian Film Festival, France, 2022
SELECTIONS
FNC - Montreal's Nouveau Cinema Festival, Canada, 2022
Vancouver Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Dieppe Canadian Film Festival, France, 2022
Canada China International Festival, Canada, 2022
FCVQ - Quebec City Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Cinema on the Bayou, USA, 2023
Director: Albéric Aurtenèche
Sccript: Albéric Aurtenèche
Cast: Emmanuel Schwartz, Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse, Gilles Renaud, Reda Guerinik, Adrien Bletton, Francois Papineau, Martin Dubreuil
DOP: Ian Lagarde
Sound: Marcel Chouinard, Patrice LeBlanc, Olivier Germain
Editing: Elisabeth Olga Tremblay
Music Roger Tellier-Craig
Production: Sylvain Corbeil
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
4:3 (1:33)/5.1
DCP, Pro Res
Born in Paris and immigrating to Montreal as a child, Albéric Aurtenèche later studied in both cities in visual art, media art and film. Starting out with an experimental practice, Aurtenèche’s first works were presented at the Festival des cinémas différents in Paris. From 2004 to 2012, he collaborated with a research group that explored evolution in the cinematographic experience through the emergence of portable and interactive screens. His interest in fiction developed in tandem with this research. L’appel du vide (“Facing Emptiness”), his first short that had an overtly narrative form, was pre-sented at various festivals around the world in 2008. After being recognized at various festivals, his film M’ouvrir won the Jutra Award for best short/medium-length film in 2011. Sigismond sans images also won several awards and was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand international competition in 2017. His short films explore a wide range of genres, but the common thread is a ques-tioning of reality. The Monarch is his first full-length feature film.
