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After a difficult separation, Serge Jr. takes his daughter Lily, 9, on a truck ride across Canada. They head to Alberta and its legendary Badlands World’s Best Truck Rodeo, a race Lily and him have been dreaming about. A road movie and a truck ride, harsh and poetic, that delves into the mystery of a damaged relationship between a father and his 9-year-old daughter.

• • Mainly focused on the touching relationship between father and daughter (the external characters are just passing through), Rodeo is a visually splendid film (beautiful work by Juliette Lossky as director of photography), from which also emanates a certain poetry (…) For his first major film role, 13 years after Piché entre ciel et terre (Sylvain Archambault), Maxime Le Flaguais sensitively modulates the contradictions and inner tears of his character. In front of him, the young Lilou Roy-Lanouette, revealed thanks to Jouliks (Mariloup Wolfe), always displays a poise…
    Translated from Jean-Marc Lussier’s article in
    La Presse 

   

   

  • The strength of the magnetic power of Rodeo lies largely in the complicit performances of Maxime Le Flaguais and Lilou Roy-Lanouette. As the macho who gradually reveals his fragility, the actor of Piché  between heaven and earth embodies an original and refreshing variation of a filial, touching and humanist love story.
    Translated from Charles-Henri Ramond’s article in Les Films du Québec. 

   

   

  • Maxime Le Flaguais and the young Lilou Roy-Lanouette form an endearing father-daughter duo in the film Rodeo, a tender and touching  story of initiation, beautifully illustrated by director Joëlle Desjardins Paquette.
    Translated from Maxime Demers’ article in  Le Journal de Montréal 

Some language deviations and small skirmishes fit naturally into the narrative and do not affect the sober character of the work as a whole. Finally, allusions to sensitive subjects are treated with restraint and are unlikely to disturb young viewers, or even to be well grasped by them. 

Translated from 

https://repertoire.cinema.mcc.gouv.qc.ca/film/rodeo-434591/ 

• Canadian Screen Awards 
• Whistler Film Festival

Canadian Screen Awards (2023) 

• Nominee: performance in a leading role  , Maxime Le Flaguais 
• Nominee John Dunning Best First Feature Film Award , Joëlle Desjardins Paquette 

Whistler Film Festival (2022_ 

• Nominee Honorable mention Best Performance in a Borsos Competition Film – Lilou Roy- Lanouette 

• Winner Best Director of a Borsos Film Best director – Joëlle Desjardins Paquette