The Great Malaise

2019 film by Catherine Lepage
The Great Malaise
FrenchLe Mal du siècle
Directed byCatherine Lepage
Written byCatherine Lepage
Produced byMarc Bertrand
StarringMiranda Handford
Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
Edited bySophie Leblond
Music byPhilippe Brault
Animation byAgathe Bray-Bourret
Catherine Lepage
Production
company
Release date
  • 2019 (2019)
Running time
8 minutes
CountryCanada

The Great Malaise (French: Le Mal du siècle) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Catherine Lepage and released in 2019.[1] A meditation on depression and anxiety, the film centres on a woman (Miranda Handford in English, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé in French) describing her personality and hopes and dreams, initially in positive terms but becoming more tentative and uncertain as her anxieties and self-doubts emerge.[2]

The film premiered at the 2019 Sommets du cinéma d'animation, where it received an honorable mention in the category for Best Canadian Film.[3]

The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[4]

References

  1. ^ Jean Siag, "Cinq minutes dans Le mal du siècle". La Presse, December 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Finding Light in the Darkness - Four Films by the NFB: Altötting, I, Barnabé, 4 North A, and The Great Malaise". Animation World Network, January 29, 2021.
  3. ^ Alex Dudok de Wit, "‘And Then The Bear,’ ‘Sweet Night,’ ‘The Physics Of Sorrow’ Top Sommets 2019". Cartoon Brew, December 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.

External links

  • The Great Malaise at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Watch The Great Malaise on the NFB website


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