Through the Mist (French: Dédé, à travers les brumes) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Philippe Duval and released in 2009.[1] A biopic of rock musician Dédé Fortin of Les Colocs, the film stars Sébastien Ricard as Fortin.

Through the Mist
FrenchDédé, à travers les brumes
Directed byJean-Philippe Duval
Written byJean-Philippe Duval
Produced byRoger Frappier
Luc Vandal
StarringSébastien Ricard
Joseph Mesiano
Yan Rompré
Dimitri Storoge
CinematographyJean-Pierre Trudel
Edited byAlain Baril
Music byLes Colocs
Éloi Painchaud
Production
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Max Films Productions
Zone3
Distributed byTVA Films
Release date
  • March 13, 2009 (2009-03-13)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film's cast also included Joseph Mesiano as Mike Sawatzky, Yan Rompré as Serge Robert, Dimitri Storoge as Patrick Esposito Di Napoli and Bénédicte Décary as Nicole Bélanger, as well as Claudia Ferri, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Louis Saia. However, Bélanger criticized the film as inaccurate.[2]

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The film received ten Prix Jutra nominations in 2010, including Best Film.[3] It won the awards for Best Actor (Ricard), Best Art Direction (David Pelletier), Best Costume Design (Judy Jonker) and Best Music.[4]

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