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THE MATTRESS KING

a film by Miguel Lambert

2018 - Quebec - dark comedy

Simon Dugas, a man in his forties who is having a mid-life crisis and who also suffers from a condition that forces him to stay awake; survives his days and nights knowing that if he rests only once, he would never wake up. And it is through his daydream that he will finally find his childhood love, Suzie Lapointe, an ex-model that now manages a mattress store: The Mattress King.

16min 05sec

Couleur

numérique

French

with english subtitles

2:39.1

DCP / QuickTime

5.1

Ancre 1

MÉDIAS

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Ancre 2

CAST

SIMON DUGAS

Danny Gilmore

SUZANNE LAPOINTE

Eve Duranceau

SUZIE LAPOINTE

Sara-Sue Vallée

CREW

RÉALISATION, SCÉNARIO

Miguel Lambert

PRODUCTRICE DÉLÉGUÉE

Jade Marcoux-Archambault

DIRECTION PHOTO

Marie-Chloé Racine

ASSISTANTE RÉALISATION

Noémie Gagnon

SON

Jordan Choinière

DIRECTION ARTISIQUE

Alexis Breton

MONTAGE IMAGE

Jacob Marcoux

MUSIQUE

Sylvain Lapointe

FESTIVALS

Fantasia International Film Festival (2018)
18 Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine (2018)
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma (2019)

Yala International Independent Film Festival (2019)
Longue vue sur le court (2019)
Festival Nuit Trop Courte (2019)

🏆 Meilleur scénario original

Snowtown Film Festival (2020)
Festival du Film Étudiant de Québec (2020)
Festival FÉCULE (2020)
Slumberjack Film Festival (2020)
Madeira Fantastic FilmFest (2020)

🏆 Meilleur scénario original

🏆 Meilleur acteur pour Danny Guilmore

CRASH - International Fantastic Film Festival (2020)
Festival Émergence (2021)
CinéRelève (2021)

🏆 Meilleure réalisation

FantaSci Short Film Festival (2021)

🏆 Best Drama

MIGUEL LAMBERT

Miguel Lambert is a graduate of the University of Quebec at Montreal in film production. Director of a realistic narrative vision, but in a fantastic universe, he feeds of everything around him to satisfy his creative curiosity. During his studies he puts his vision in place by undertaking the production of a film trilogy : The King of Carrots, The King is Dead and The Mattress King.