September 29, 2012
Release Date

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Keep a Modest Head (2012)

Name: Keep a Modest Head
Released: 2012-09-29

19m

Running Time

September 29, 2012
Release Date

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Plot.

Deco Dawson uses rare audio recording and film footage taken from Jean Benoit's studio in Paris to whimsically illustrate the life of the last official member of the hugely influential Surrealist group.

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Cast & Crew.

Brent Neale

Jean Benoît - Adulte

Brock MacGregor

Jean Benoît - Enfant

Deco Dawson

Director / Writer

Details.

Release Date
September 29, 2012

Original Name
Ne crâne pas sois modeste

Status
Released

Running Time
19m

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

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Wiki.

Keep a Modest Head (French: Ne crâne pas sois modeste) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Deco Dawson and released in 2012. The film is a tribute to Jean Benoît, a Canadian artist often credited as "the last surrealist".

The film premiered at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film. TIFF subsequently named the film to its year-end Canada's Top Ten list of short films. The film was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award finalist for Best Short Documentary Film at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards.