Atomic Saké

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| name = Atomic Saké

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| director = Louise Archambault

| producer = François Landry

| writer = Louise Archambault

| starring = Audrey Benoit
Suzanne Clément
Noémie Godin-Vigneau

| music = Luc Raymond

| cinematography = André Turpin

| editing = Sophie Leblond

| studio = Filmo

| distributor = Cinéma Libre

| released = {{film date|1999|10|21|FNC}}

| runtime = 31 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

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Atomic Saké is a 1999 Canadian short drama film, directed by Louise Archambault.Adam Nayman, [https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/louise-archambault "Louise Archambault"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 20, 2014. The film centres on Ariane (Audrey Benoit), Véronique (Suzanne Clément) and Mathilde (Noémie Godin-Vigneau), three female friends talking over drinks who decide to reveal their innermost secrets, including Mathilde's revelation that she is in love with Ariane and tries to come out to her.Lucille Cairns, "Lesbian Desire in Recent French and Francophone Cinema" in Lesbian Inscriptions in Francophone Society and Culture (Renate Günther, Wendy Michallat, eds.). Durham Modern Languages, 2007. {{ISBN|9780907310624}}. pp. 45-63.{{cite book|last1=Cairns|first1=Lucille|title=Sapphism on Screen: Lesbian Desire in French and Francophone Cinema|date=2006|page=199|edition=1st|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=0748621652}}

The film has been described by critics as having a Rashomon-like structure of shifting perspectives on the subjective nature of truth.Mark Peranson, "Is there still a here, here?" The Globe and Mail, September 8, 2000.Todd Babiak, "Emerging Canadian director also talented cinematographer". Edmonton Journal, January 17, 2003.

The film premiered at Montreal's Festival du nouveau cinéma in 1999,"International Festival of New Cinema and New Media". Montreal Gazette, October 21, 1999. and was later screened at festivals including the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2001 Inside Out Film and Video Festival.Ingrid Randoja, [https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/sex-lives-and-video/ "Sex, Lives and Video"]. Now, May 17, 2001.

The film won the Prix Jutra for Best Short Film at the 2nd Jutra Awards.