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I'll End Up in Jail

Maureen Sauvageau’s escape comes to an abrupt end when she drives her monster truck into a deadly car accident. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, she must share the company and the blame of a rather touching junkie called Jelly the Loon.

  • Canada
  • 2019, 23 min
  • Director: Alexandre Dostie
  • Director of photography: Vincent Biron
  • Editor: Stéphane Lafleur
  • Screenplay: Alexandre Dostie
  • Music: Simon Trottier
  • Cast: Martine Francke, Émile Schneider, Guy Thauvette, Joseph Delorey, Stéphane F. Jacques, Marine Johnson
  • Art Director: Marie-Pier Fortier
  • Producer: Hany Ouichou
  • Production: Art & Essai

PROJECTIONS
2.6. 20:30 Praha | Světozor - Grand Hall
2.6. 21:00 Praha | Kasárna Karlín
3.6. 19:00 Praha | Bio Oko
8.6. 19:00 Praha | Kino Dlabačov

Alexandre Dostie

Alexandre Dostie

Born in rural Quebec, Alexandre Dostie is a self-taught artist, poet, punk singer, and filmmaker. His first short narrative film, Mutants (2016), was screened at more than a hundred festivals, including the 2020 Prague Short Film Festival, and won numerous awards, including Best Canadian Short at TIFF. I’ll End Up in Jail (2019), his latest offering, has already screened at TIFF, Sundance, Clermont-Ferrand, and Tampere. The film was named Best International Short Film by the Vimeo programming team at their unofficial Sundance jury awards. Alexandre is currently working on his debut feature, Shape.