Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves
| Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves | |
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| Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau | |
| Directed by |
Mathieu Denis Simon Lavoie |
| Produced by | Hany Ouichou |
| Starring | Charlotte Aubin Laurent Bélanger Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez Gabrielle Tremblay |
| Cinematography | Nicolas Canniccioni |
| Edited by | Mathieu Denis |
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Art&Essai
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| Distributed by | K-Films Amérique |
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184 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (French: Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeau) is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie. It stars Charlotte Aubin, Laurent Bélanger, Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez and Gabrielle Tremblay as four young people, veterans of the 2012 Quebec student protests, who have been disillusioned by the failure of their past activism to effect meaningful social change and now engage in small-scale public vandalism.
The film competed in the Platform program at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won for Best Canadian Film. It was also nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Motion Picture.
The film was conceived by co-directors Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie, inspired by the 2012 Quebec student protests. The directors claimed they spoke with students during the protests while showing their film Laurentie. Denis and Lavoie said they often wondered what happened to these students in later years. Denis stated his conviction that the protests were important but unsuccessful, noting the Quebec Liberal Party, which governed in 2012, was back in government after the Quebec general election, 2014.
While showing Laurentie in Saint Petersburg, Russia, Denis and Lavoie considered partnering on another project. Lavoie was particularly influenced by mug shots of four young people who placed smoke bombs on the Montreal Metro during the protests. The title was a phrase used by Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, a leader of the French Revolution, and was initially intended as a working title.
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