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2021 · 12 min

A gentle, wry fable about trust, following a lonely man's hopeful misstep with quiet warmth and a touch of irony.

Directed by: Roger Gariepy
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Robert Lalonde, Paul Savoie, Isabelle Drainville

Tagline: Réal Gendron receives an email from an African stranger telling him he is the heir to an immense fortune.
Overview: Réal Gendron is an unremarkable old man. He believes in God. He believes in friendship. And he believes in life. So when he receives an e-mail from a total stranger in Africa informing him that he’s the sole legatee of an immense fortune, he believes that too.

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Directed by: Roger Gariepy
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Robert Lalonde, Paul Savoie, Isabelle Drainville

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: loneliness
faith
deception
friendship
aging
Places: small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Roger Gariepy
Written by: André Paradis, Roger Gariepy
Starring: Robert Lalonde, Paul Savoie, Isabelle Drainville, Sandrine Bisson
Cinematography: André Turpin
Runtime: 12 min
Country: Canada
Languages: French

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