1:54 (2016)

Tim, a shy 16 years old athlete, is both brilliant and talented. But the pressure he undergoes pushes him to the edge, where human limits reach the point of no return.

Director:

Yan England

Writer:

Yan England

Stars:

Antoine Olivier Pilon, Sophie Nélisse, Lou-Pascal Tremblay

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Antoine Olivier Pilon	...	Tim
Sophie Nélisse	...	Jennifer
Lou-Pascal Tremblay	...	Jeff
David Boutin	...	Pierre
Patrice Godin	...	M. Sullivan
Robert Naylor	...	Francis
Anthony Therrien	...	Patrick
Guillaume Gauthier	...	David
Irdens Exantus	...	Fred
Karl-Antoine Suprice	...	Sydney
Laurie-Jade Rochon	...	Zoé
Benoit Finley	...	Surveillant (as Benoît Finley)
Renée Cossette	...	Directrice Mathieu
Émile Mailhiot	...	Professur d'éducation physique
Ariane Jeudy	...	Isabelle

Storyline

Tim is a grade 11 student dealing with loss of his mother several years ago and his own sexuality at 16 going on 17. He was a star runner as a 12 year old with his mother as his coach. With his mother's death he gave up running and him and his friend are chemistry nerds who are bullied and harassed by the jocks at school. Tim eventually returns to running and expands his group of friends. HIs main competitor on the track, Jeff, continues his harassment and resorts to blackmail to hurt Tim's performance on the track with disastrous results.

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Plot Keywords:

gay protagonist | gay character | 16 year old | homemade bomb | bomb | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

15 March 2017 (France)

Also Known As:

Running

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinémaginaire Inc., Les Films Séville, Telefilm Canada

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

-(L'acteur David Boutin parle de son expérience dans ce film): -"C'est le fun de participer à un projet qui dénonce quelque chose, qui te parle, et qui parle de sujets dont il faut parler justement. C'est un film qui a eu une vie, qui a été montré dans les écoles, qui a parti des discussions concernant le rapport entre les parents et leurs enfants; quoi faire avec l'intimidation, comment on réagi face à ça. Donc juste de susciter ces questionnements essentiels là, je trouve que c'est magnifique." (Témoignage à l'émission 'Les enfants de la télé', le 3 octobre 2018).

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Goofs

The movie was filmed in the winter but there is no way the provincial track meets would be held at that time of the year because of the impact of the cold weather on performance results.

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Quotes

Tim: We all failed Francis. I failed him.

User Reviews

Not bad but...

The intentions are good for this director who wanted to describe all the ugliness of the human mind, the disgusting behaviour or people using social networks to harm other folks. And the director uses the homosexuality topic and competition sport settings to bring this message. But there are unfortunately too many clichés here to be really effective. And I don't speak of the bomb sequence - which we could feel the "entry" at the beginning of the movie, like a thriller, which this feature is not. I repeat, the film maker put too many things here, too many. And he also wanted to show that mass murderers, carrying bombs or fire arms, were not always necessarily ISIS extremists terrorists. But the film is very agreeable to watch, the directing OK for me, and the characterization good too.