An Extraordinary Person

{{Infobox film

| name = An Extraordinary Person

| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire}}

| image = An Extraordinary Person poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Monia Chokri

| producer = Nancy Grant

| writer = Monia Chokri

| starring = Magalie Lépine-Blondeau

| music =

| cinematography = Josée Deshaies

| editing = Xavier Dolan

| studio = Metafilms

| distributor = La Distributrice des films

| released = {{film date|2013|08|13|Locarno}}

| runtime = 19 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

An Extraordinary Person ({{langx|fr|Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire}}) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Monia Chokri and released in 2013.Julie Ledoux, [https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-cinematographique/2013/07/17/le-court-metrage-quelquun-dextraordinaire-de-monia-chokri-en-competition-au-festival-du-film-de-locarno/ "Le court métrage Quelqu’un d’extraordinaire de Monia Chokri en compétition au Festival du film de Locarno"]. Voir, July 17, 2013. The film stars Magalie Lépine-Blondeau as Sarah, a brilliant academic who suffers from severe social anxiety but must cope with seeing many old friends at her colleague's engagement party."Chutes extraordinaires et royaumes mortels: 7 courts métrages québécois de La distributrice de films". 24 images, Vol. 172 (June/July 2015). The film's cast also includes Anne Dorval, Sophie Cadieux, Evelyne Brochu, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Laurence Leboeuf, Marilyn Castonguay and Anne-Marie Cadieux.

The film premiered at the 2013 Locarno Festival, and was named in the Toronto International Film Festival's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list as one of the ten best Canadian short films of 2013.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/tiff-s-top-10-films-of-2013-taps-enemy-the-f-word-gabrielle-1.2449710 "TIFF's Top 10 films of 2013 taps Enemy, The F Word, Gabrielle"]. CBC News, December 3, 2013. It won the Prix Jutra for Best Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards.

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