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Victor Gazon (2007) [N/A]

Featuring:
Claudel Poirier, Jassen Charron, Robert Naylor

Written by:
Patrick Gazé

Directed by:
Patrick Gazé


Release Date:
December 12, 2007

Original Title:
Victor Gazon

Alternate Titles:
Mi nombre es Víctor Gazon
Mon nom est Victor Gazon et voici mon travail sur pourquoi c'est mieux de pas se suicider

Production Companies:
Facteur 7

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 11

Overview from TheMovieDB

Victor Gazon is a young boy who makes a video diary about the pros and cons of suicide.

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Overview from Open Movies

The worst kind of feel-good film with a little boy character who's nothing more than the cliché reflection of what an adult thinks a little boy is. The film uses the same principle of "What I like" VS "What I don't like" as Jean-Pierre Jeunet did in his short "Foutaises" and, later, in "Amélie Poulain". The aim is to calculate if life is worth living or not. Is it really what suicide is about?From a technical point of view, the film is well made. And being a feel-good short so desperate to please, it's no wonder it got the "prix du public" at Trouville and still circulates via social media today. But anyone with any notion of what depression is (and any notion of childhood, really) will have the feeling their intelligence is being insulted.

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Rankings and Honors

Victor Gazon (2007) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.5/10
Awards Won: 2 nominations

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Production

Director:
Patrick Gazé

Writer:
Patrick Gazé

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