Quebec director Ricardo Trogi begins filming his ninth feature film on Tuesday 1995. The latter takes us back almost 30 years, a time when the filmmaker was ready to give up his dream before embarking on the adventure of the Destination Race world.
“1995,” announced a few months ago, is the fourth autobiographical film in a series that began in 2009 with “1981” and also includes the years 1987 and 1991. Actor Jean-Carl Boucher takes on the role of the 24-year-old director – Age Section.
Ricardo Trogi participated in the 1994-1995 season of this television show, which aired on Radio-Canada from 1988 to 1999 and offered aspiring filmmakers the opportunity to make four-minute short films in various regions of the world.
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It has allowed several directors to stand out early in their careers, notably Robin Aubert, Philippe Falardeau and Denis Villeneuve.
We find [Ricardo] Halfway through this televised race, he had just landed in Egypt, we explain in a press release. As Ricardo encounters more than one difficulty in preparing a report on the excision, he will question many things, including his own nature. Is he a real artist or not?
The film, produced by Marie-Claude Poulin, also stars Sandrine Bisson, Myriam Gaboury, Mickaël Gouin, Olivier Aubin, Marie-Josée Bastien and Guillaume Gauthier, among many others.
Filming will continue until December 12th in Montreal and Quebec, but also in Morocco and Nepal. The 1995 movie is scheduled to hit theaters next summer.