Days of Darkness
2007
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Synopsis
Jean-Marc is a man without qualities living in times that are out of joint. His wife and children ignore him; he's a mid-level government functionary in Montreal doing his job without care. He has an active imagination of sexual conquest, but his only real feelings come when he visits his aged mother, whose health is failing. When his wife leaves abruptly to work in Toronto, Jean-Marc sets out to reorder things with his daughters, his social life, and at work. In a world that at best is a farce, does he stand a chance?
Key facts
Cast
Thierry Ardisson, Laurent Baffie, Paule Baillargeon, Eugénie Beaudry, Christian Bégin, Pierre Bernard, Benoît Brière, Violette Chauveau
Original language
French
Production companies
CINÉMAGINAIRE INTERNATIONAL, Hopscotch Films, MON VOISIN PRODUCTIONS, Cinémaginaire
Distributors
ALLIANCE ATLANTIS VIVAFILM, STUDIO CANAL
Broadcasters
SOCIÉTÉ RADIO-CANADA
Funding
CANADA. CRÉDIT D'IMPÔT POUR FILM OU VIDÉO CANADIEN, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINÉMATOGRAPHIE, MINISTÈRE DE LA CULTURE ET DE LA COMMUNICATION, QUÉBEC. CRÉDIT D'IMPÔT CINÉMA ET TÉLÉVISION, SOCIÉTÉ DE DÉVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES CULTURELLES, SOCIÉTÉ RADIO-CANADA, STUDIO CANAL, TÉLÉFILM CANADA
Setting
Montreal
Filming locations
Montreal
Crew
Screenplay
Denys Arcand
Producer
Dominique Besnehard, Philippe Carcassonne, Michel Feller, Daniel Louis, Denise Robert
Cinematography
Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky, André Turpin, François Daignault, Guy Dufaux, James Gray
Editing
Isabelle Dedieu
Music
Denys Arcand, Philippe Miller, Michel Rivard
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Genie Awards 2008 generic
- Cannes Film Festival 2007 generic
Titles
| Original title | L'ÂGE DES TÉNÈBRES | French |
| Translated title | Days of Darkness | English, Québec |
| Alternate title | The Age of Ignorance | |
| Alternate title | Un homme sans intérêt | |
| Alternate title | The Age of Innocence |
Versions & editions
| Original version (French) |
Full credits
| Director | Denys Arcand |
| Cast | Thierry Ardisson, Laurent Baffie, Paule Baillargeon, Eugénie Beaudry, Christian Bégin, Pierre Bernard, Benoît Brière, Violette Chauveau, Monia Chokri, Véronique Cloutier, Pierre Curzi, René Richard Cyr, Emma de Caunes, Marie-Michèle Desrosiers, Karen Elkin, Danielle Fichaud, Ève Gadouas, Danny Gilmore, Hugo Giroux, Françoise Graton, Macha Grenon, Nathalie Hamel, Rosalie Julien, Diane Kruger, Evelyne de La Chenelière, Marc Labrèche, Chantal Lacroix, Jacques Lavallée, Sylvie Léonard, Camille Léonard-Rioux, Elizabeth Lesieur, Didier Lucien, Pauline Martin, Caroline Néron, Silvio Orvieto, Jean-René Ouellet, Renaud Paradis, Gilles Pelletier, Bernard Pivot, Michel Rivard, André Robitaille, Isabelle Roy, Lise Roy, Kimberly Saint-Pierre-King, Luc Senay, Donald Sutherland, Richard Thériault, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Gisèle Trépanier, Rufus Wainwright, Gaston Lepage |
| Screenplay | Denys Arcand |
| Producer | Dominique Besnehard, Philippe Carcassonne, Michel Feller, Daniel Louis, Denise Robert |
| Cinematography | Nathalie Moliavko-Visotzky, André Turpin, François Daignault, Guy Dufaux, James Gray |
| Editing | Isabelle Dedieu |
| Music | Denys Arcand, Philippe Miller, Michel Rivard |
| Production design | Guy Pigeon |
| Sound | Marie-Claude Gagné, Dominique Poujouly, Jean-Philippe Savard, Philippe Amouroux, Diane Boucher, Cyril Holtz, Paul Lainé |
| Costumes | Judy Jonker |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
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