Days Before the Death of Nicky
Synopsis
Behind the wheel of her little car, Nicky seems to be on a mission. Roads pass by but the ideas in her head remain unfathomable. A meal, the discovery of a rifle, chance encounters: the mystery remains unsolved.
Festivals
SELECTIONS
Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, 2024
Festival du nouveau cinéma, Canada, 2024
Bogota International Film Festival, Colombia, 2024
Denver Film Fest, USA, 2024
Director: Denis Côté
Script: Denis Côté
Cast: Erin Margurite Carter
DOP: Vincent Biron
Art Direction: Denis Côté
Sound: Terence Chotard & Clovis Gouaillier
Editing: Terence Chotard
Production: Denis Côté
Version
Original: French
Subtitles: English
Format
1:66 / stereo or 5.1
ProRes, DCP
In the 90s, he shot some fifteen short films, then worked as a journalist and film critic before directing his first feature Les états nordiques in 2005. His 4th feature, Carcasses (2009), was presented at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, while Curling, won top honors at the Locarno Festival in 2010. Vic+Flo ont vu un ours (2013) won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale in Germany for its innovation. Also at the Berlinale, he presented four features in the Official Competition. Denis Côté's singular films have been shown at hundreds of cinematic events, as well as being the subject of some forty retrospectives around the world.
