Opening Up (film)

{{short description|2010 Canadian short film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Opening Up

| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|M'ouvrir}}

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Albéric Aurtenèche

| producer = Sylvain Corbeil
Nancy Grant

| writer = Albéric Aurtenèche

| starring = Ariane Trépanier
Pierre-Luc Lafontaine
Denis Bernard

| music = Roger Tellier-Craig

| cinematography = Nicolas Canniccioni

| editing = Isabelle Malenfant

| studio = Metafilms

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2010|10}}

| runtime = 19 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Opening Up ({{langx|fr|M'ouvrir}}) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Albéric Aurtenèche and released in 2010.Martin Bilodeau, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/312725/quebec-gold-et-l-humanitaire? "Québec Gold et l'humanitaire"]. Le Devoir, December 10, 2010. The film stars Ariane Trépanier as Gabrielle, a teenage girl who is prone to self-cutting her skin, and who feels understood for the first time when she is taken to the hospital and meets Étienne (Pierre-Luc Lafontaine), a boy her own age who is also there for an injury that may have been less accidental than it seems.

The cast also includes Denis Bernard, Catherine Cadotte, Daniel Gadouas, Mireille Metellus, Nicole Boissé, Sylvain Corbeil, Yan Courtemanche, Éléonore Lamothe and Renaud Lebel.

The film won the Jutra Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 13th Jutra Awards in 2011.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/507611/jutra-cinema-soiree "Incendies le grand gagnant des Jutra"]. Ici Radio-Canada, March 13, 2011.