King Dave
{{Infobox film
| name = King Dave
| image = King Dave film poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Daniel Grou
| producer = Nicole Robert
Jaime Tobon
| writer = Alexandre Goyette
| starring = Alexandre Goyette
Karelle Tremblay
| music = Milk & Bone
| cinematography = Jérôme Sabourin
| editing =
| studio = Go Films
| distributor = Les Films Séville
| released = {{Film date|2016|07|14|Fantasia International Film Festival|df=y}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = French
| gross =
}}
King Dave is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by "Podz" (Daniel Grou) and starring screenwriter Alexandre Goyette and Karelle Tremblay. Directed as a single shot, it is based on Goyette's stage play of the same name.
The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival. It was nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards.
Plot
Dave is a young man who considers himself to be a king as well as a strong man. When he sees another man dancing with his girlfriend, he sets out for revenge, walking and riding on a car and bus over nine kilometres on his way.
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
- Alexandre Goyette as Dave
- Karelle Tremblay as Nathalie
- Mylène St-Sauveur as Isabelle
- Moe Jeudy-Lamour as Ali
- Lise Roy as Vieille écolo
- Micheline Bernard as Dave's mother
}}
Production
File:Podz 2010.jpg shot the film in continuous shots.]]
Alexandre Goyette wrote the film, based on his play.{{Cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/movies/800986/viff-2016-king-dave |title=VIFF 2016: King Dave |last=Eisner |first=Ken |date=6 October 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=The Georgia Straight}} Director Daniel Grou, under his professional pseudonym "Podz", filmed King Dave in five unbroken shots, in five nights. However, all of the footage seen in the released film was taken in the fifth night of shots.{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/podzs-king-dave-one-shot-film-premieres-at-fantasia |title=Podz's King Dave: One-shot film premières at Fantasia |last=Kelly |first=Brendan |date=11 July 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=The Montreal Gazette}} Podz said that unlike other "one-shot films" such as Alfred Hitchcock's Rope, this method was not to portray action in real time, but to portray the character narrating in real time. Despite the challenges in the proposed project, producer Nicole Robert was eager to make it and raised a budget of $4.7 million.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201607/08/01-4999113-king-dave-un-pari-risque-pour-podz.php |title=King Dave: un pari risqué pour Podz |last=Vallet |first=Stephanie |date=9 July 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=La Presse}} Art director André Guimond then went location scouting, choosing an area of Montreal for shooting.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/474963/cinema-king-dave-le-beau-risque |title="King Dave": le beau risque |last=Lévesque |first=François |date=7 July 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=Le Devoir}}
Rehearsals took place for weeks before filming commenced. Difficulties on the fourth day caused all of the footage to be unused. Twenty locations were used.
Reception
The film debuted at the Fantasia International Film Festival on 14 July 2016 before a theatrical Quebec release on 15 July. Critical reception was generally positive.{{Cite web|url=http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/05/30/gala-quebec-cinema-alexandre-goyette_n_16882632.html |title=Gala Québec Cinéma: Alexandre Goyette se "câli..." de ne pas être en nomination |last=Roy |first=Marie-Josée |date=30 May 2017 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=The Huffington Post}} The Georgia Straight{{'}}s Ken Eisner, reviewing the film in the Vancouver International Film Festival in October 2016, called it "highly kinetic" and fun. Marc Cassivi gave it three and a half stars in La Presse.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/201607/15/01-5001335-king-dave-pari-fou-releve-12.php |title=King Dave: pari fou relevé ***1/2 |last=Cassivi |first=Marc |date=15 July 2016 |accessdate=4 June 2017 |work=La Presse}}
=Accolades=
References
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