September 10, 2013
Release Date

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Nous avions (2013)

Name: Nous avions
Released: 2013-09-10

19m

Running Time

September 10, 2013
Release Date

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Plot.

Montreal, 1999. Like every sunday, a modest Pakistani immigrant family picnics in a dead-end next to the Airport, closely watching planes land. On this special day where the Legendary Concord is expected - a rare treat in town- Akram (17 years old), the eldest son of 3 kids, deeply in his teenage crisis, decides to take off to live his own life, creating a commotion in the family.

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Cast & Crew.

Deena Aziz

Avinas Gnanapragasam

Minoo Gundevia

Liridon Rashiti

Naseem Siddiqi

Stéphane Moukarzel

Director / Screenplay

Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette

Producer

Vincent Biron

Cinematographer

Véronique Barbe

Editor

Details.

Release Date
September 10, 2013

Status
Released

Running Time
19m

Last updated: 2023-11-16

Wiki.

Time Flies (French: Nous avions) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Stéphane Moukarzel and released in 2013. Depicting a Pakistani Canadian immigrant family in Montreal, the film centres on teenage son Akram's (Liridon Rashiti) decision to run off to live his own life independently of his family's strict rules.

The film's cast also includes Minoo Gundevia, Deena Aziz, Avinas Gnanapragasam, Michelle Michael and Naseem Siddiqi.

The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and was named to TIFF's Canada's Top Ten list as one of the ten best Canadian short films of the year. It was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014, and a Prix Jutra nominee for Best Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards.