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Un Zoo la Nuit 
Directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon Produced by Roger Frappier
Pierre GendronWritten by Jean-Claude Lauzon Starring Gilles Maheu
Lynne Adams
Roger LebelMusic by Jean Corriveau Cinematography Guy Dufaux Editing by Michel Arcand Distributed by FilmDallas (US theatrical) Release date(s) 1987 (Cannes premiere)
March 30, 1988 (USA)Running time 115 minutes Country Canada Language French Box office 1,300,000 CAD Night Zoo (French: Un Zoo la Nuit) is a 1987 Canadian film. It is directed and written by Jean-Claude Lauzon. The drama made its debut at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
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Synopsis
Marcel (Gilles Maheu) is released from prison, hoping to reconcile with his dying father, Albert (Lebel). Marcel is also harassed by a corrupt gay cop. Marcel returns to his father who reveals that he has money and drugs stashed away for him. Marcel and his gay former cellmate both corner the corrupt cop and get their revenge on him. Julie (Adams) is Marcel's former girlfriend who works in a sex club peep show.
Awards
The film set a record by winning 13 Genie Awards.
- Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - Roger Frappier, Pierre Gendron
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Jean-Baptiste Tard
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography - Guy Dufaux
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design - Andrée Morin
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction - Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing - Michel Arcand
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Adrian Croll, Hans Peter Strobl, Yvon Benoît
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Viateur Paiement, Marcel Pothier, Diane Boucher
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score - Jean Corriveau
- Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song - Jean-Pierre Bonin, Daniel De Shaimes, Jean Corriveau,Robert Stanley For the song "Lost in a Hurricane"
- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Roger Lebel
- Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Germain Houde
- Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay - Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Montreal World Film Festival Best Canadian Film - Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Toronto International Film Festival International Critics' Award - Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Flanders International Film Festival Grand Prix - Jean-Claude Lauzon
Nominations
Availability
The film was released on videocassette in the United States in 1988 by New World and in Canada that same year by Cinema Plus Video. In 1991, an EP-Mode tape of the film was released by Starmaker Video. To this day, the film has never been released on DVD and as of June 28th, 2011, no plans have been made to release the film onto DVD.
External links
- Night Zoo at the Internet Movie Database
- Un Zoo la Nuit at AllRovi
Canadian Film Award/Genie Award winners for Best Motion Picture Canadian Film Award À tout prendre (1964) • The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1965) • Le Festin des Morts (1966) • Warrendale (1967) • The Ernie Game (1968) • The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969) • Goin' Down the Road (1970) • Mon oncle Antoine (1971) • Wedding in White (1972) • Slipstream (1973) • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) • Les Ordres (1975) • Lies My Father Told Me (1976) • J.A. Martin Photographer (1977) • The Silent Partner (1978)
Genie Award The Changeling (1980) • Les Bons débarras (1981) • Ticket to Heaven (1982) • The Grey Fox (1983) • The Terry Fox Story (1984) • The Bay Boy (1985) • My American Cousin (1986) • Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1987) • Un Zoo la nuit (1988) • Dead Ringers (1989) • Jésus de Montréal (1990) • Black Robe (1991) • Naked Lunch (1992) • Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) • Exotica (1994) • The Confessional (1995) • Lilies (1996) • The Sweet Hereafter (1997) • The Red Violin (1998) • Sunshine (1999) • Maelström (2000) • Atanarjuat (2001) • Ararat (2002) • Les Invasions barbares (2003) • Les Triplettes de Belleville (2004) • C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) • Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) • Away from Her (2007) • Passchendaele (2008) • Polytechnique (2009) • Incendies (2010)
Categories:- Canadian films
- 1987 films
- Quebec films
- French-language films
- 1980s crime films
- Crime drama films
- Genie Award for Best Picture winners
- Films shot in Montreal
- Films set in Montreal
- Films directed by Jean-Claude Lauzon
- Canadian film stubs
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