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My Dad Works the Night Shift

Country: Canada, Language: French, 14 mins

Original Title

Mon père travaille de nuit
  • Director: Zachary Ayotte
  • Writer: Zachary Ayotte

CGiii Comment

Well...this kid will certainly put you off  wanting to have children.

A finely produced film with a rather erratic narrative. What Zachary Ayotte wanted to communicate didn't quite make it onto the screen...perhaps, that was the intention!


Trailer...

Mon père travaille de nuit (2018) - Trailer from Zachary Ayotte on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Felix, a fourteen-year-old boarding high school student, spends the weekend at his conservative father's house. Unbeknownst to him, Felix starts a relationship with a much older boy, secretly hoping he will get caught so he can reveal his homosexuality to his father.

Cast & Characters

Victor Boudreault as Félix
Antoine L'Écuyer as Vincent
François Trudel as Father