The Little Queen
{{Infobox film
| name = The Little Queen
| native_name = La Petite Reine
| image = The Little Queen poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Alexis Durand-Brault
| producer = Richard Lalonde
| writer = Sophie Lorain
Catherine Léger
| starring = Laurence Leboeuf
Patrice Robitaille
| music = Sari Dajani
Pierre-Luc Rioux
Marc-André Sauvageau
Rudy Toussaint
| cinematography = Yves Bélanger
| editing = Louis-Philippe Rathé
| studio = Forum Films
| runtime = 108 minutes
| released = {{film date|2014|06|13}}
| country = Canada
| language = French
| budget =
}}
The Little Queen ({{langx|fr|La Petite Reine}}) is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Alexis Durand-Brault and released in 2014.T'cha Dunlevy, "Behind the shame; La petite reine is inspired by Quebec cyclist Genevieve Jeanson, who admitted taking performance-enhancing substances for years". Montreal Gazette, June 13, 2014. Based on the true story of cyclist Geneviève Jeanson, whose career as a professional cyclist was derailed by a doping scandal, the film stars Laurence Leboeuf as Julie Arseneau, a cyclist who is caught doping just a few races short of the championship race, and Patrice Robitaille as her coach.
The film premiered theatrically in June 2014.
The film received four Prix Jutra nominations at the 17th Jutra Awards, for Best Actor (Robitaille), Best Actress (Leboeuf), Best Sound (Mario Auclair, Stéphane Bergeron, Marcel Pothier and Christian Rivest) and Best Editing (Louis-Philippe Rathé)."Prix Jutra: «Mommy» de Xavier Dolan à l'honneur avec dix nominations". Canadian Press, January 26, 2015.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|3025410}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Little Queen, The}}
Category:Canadian biographical drama films
Category:Canadian sports drama films
Category:2010s sports drama films
Category:Films directed by Alexis Durand-Brault
Category:French-language Canadian films
{{2010s-Canada-film-stub}}