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Mercenaire (2024)

15m

Running Time

September 6, 2024
Release Date

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Mercenaire (2024)

Name: Mercenaire
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2024-09-06

15m

Running Time

September 6, 2024
Release Date

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Plot.

Hired at a slaughterhouse thanks to a social reinsertion program, an ex-convict struggles to find another job while repressing the violence that boils within him.

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Cast & Crew.

Marc-André Grondin

David

Émile Schneider

Kevin

Jean-Guy Bouchard

Michel

Sandrine Bisson

Isabelle

Marc Beaupré

Jonathan

Pier-Philippe Chevigny

Director / Screenplay / Editor

Simran Dewan

Director of Photography

Suzel D. Smith

Production Design

Geneviève Gosselin-G

Producer

Simon Gervais

Sound Designer

Laurence Lacroix

Coordinating Producer

Gustave Dufresne

Production Manager

Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon

Sound Recordist

Media.

Details.

Release Date
September 6, 2024

Status
Released

Running Time
15m

Budget
$200,000

Genres
Drama Thriller

Last updated: 2025-02-19

This Movie Is About.

slaughterhouse

convicted felon

animal cruelty

violence

Wiki.

Mercenaire is a Canadian short drama film, written and directed by Pier-Philippe Chevigny and released in 2024. The film stars Marc-André Grondin as David, an ex-convict who is struggling to readapt to life outside of prison with a job at a slaughterhouse.

The cast also includes Sandrine Bisson, Émile Schneider, Jean-Guy Bouchard and Marc Beaupré.

The film premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur, where it won the Prix Marion Hänsel.

The film was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2024.