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2024 Canadian drama film

Shepherds

French	Berger

Directed by	Sophie Deraspe
Screenplay by	Sophie Deraspe Mathyas Lefebure
Based on	D'où viens tu, berger? by Mathyas Lefebure
Produced by	Luc Déry Kim McCraw Élaine Hébert Caroline Bonmarchand Xenia Sulyma Sébastien Perret
Starring	Félix-Antoine Duval Solène Rigot
Cinematography	Vincent Gonneville
Edited by	Stéphane Lafleur
Music by	Philippe Brault
Production companies	Avenue B Productions micro_scope
Distributed by	Maison 4:3
Release date	September 7, 2024 (2024-09-07) (TIFF)
Running time	113 minutes
Countries	Canada France
Language	French

Shepherds (French: Bergers) is a 2024 Canadian-French drama film directed by Sophie Deraspe. An adaptation of Mathyas Lefebure's semi-autobiographical novel D'où viens tu, berger?, the film stars Félix-Antoine Duval as Mathyas, a burned-out advertising executive from Montreal who moves to Provence to become a shepherd.

The cast also includes Solène Rigot, Younes Boucif, Bruno Raffaelli, Véronique Ruggia, Michel Benizri, Guilaine Londez and David Ayala.

The film was screened for distributors at the 2024 Cannes Film Market, and premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. It was commercially released in November 2024.

Cast

Félix-Antoine Duval as Mathyas
Solène Rigot

Reception

The film was named to TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list for 2024.

Awards

The film won TIFF's Best Canadian Film award, and was named as a finalist for the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2024.

References

^ Eric Lavallée, "Shepherd’s High: Sophie Deraspe Currently Filming “Berger” with Félix-Antoine Duval". Ioncinema, June 8, 2023.
Charles-Henri Ramond, "Sophie Deraspe en tournage en France". Films du Québec, June 13, 2023.
Rebecca Leffler, "Cannes 2024: the buzz titles from France". Screen Daily, May 14, 2024.
Jeremy Kay, "Ron Howard’s ‘Eden’, John Crowley’s ‘We Live In Time’ among Toronto world premieres". Screen Daily, July 9, 2024.
François Lévesque, "«Bergers»: Sophie Deraspe en hauteurs au TIFF". Le Devoir, September 7, 2024.
Carlos Diaz, "Canada’s Top Ten: TIFF Celebrates the Best in Cinema for 2024". That Shelf, January 8, 2025.
Harrison Richlin, "Who Will Win the TIFF People’s Choice Award? Live Updates from the Ceremony". IndieWire, September 15, 2024.
Nicholas Sokic, "TFCA unveils 2024 Canadian film nominees". Playback, December 16, 2024.

External links

Shepherds at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Sophie Deraspe
Missing Victor Pellerin (2006) Vital Signs (2009) The Wolves (2014) The Amina Profile (2019) Antigone (2019) Shepherds (2024)

v t e Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film
A Woman in Transit (1984) Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985) The Decline of the American Empire (1986) Family Viewing (1987) The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988) Roadkill (1989) H (1990) The Adjuster (1991) Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1992) Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993) Exotica (1994) Live Bait (1995) Long Day's Journey into Night (1996) The Hanging Garden / The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Nô (1998) The Five Senses (1999) waydowntown (2000) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) Spider (2002) The Barbarian Invasions (2003) It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) Manufactured Landscapes (2006) My Winnipeg (2007) Lost Song (2008) Cairo Time (2009) Incendies (2010) Monsieur Lazhar (2011) Laurence Anyways (2012) When Jews Were Funny (2013) Felix and Meira (2014) Closet Monster (2015) Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (2016) Ravenous (2017) The Fireflies Are Gone (2018) Antigone (2019) Inconvenient Indian (2020) Ste. Anne (2021) To Kill a Tiger (2022) Solo (2023) Shepherds (2024)

Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film

A Woman in Transit (1984)
Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks (1985)
The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Family Viewing (1987)
The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
Roadkill (1989)
H (1990)
The Adjuster (1991)
Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1992)
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993)
Exotica (1994)
Live Bait (1995)
Long Day's Journey into Night (1996)
The Hanging Garden / The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Nô (1998)
The Five Senses (1999)
waydowntown (2000)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)
Spider (2002)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005)
Manufactured Landscapes (2006)
My Winnipeg (2007)
Lost Song (2008)
Cairo Time (2009)
Incendies (2010)
Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Laurence Anyways (2012)
When Jews Were Funny (2013)
Felix and Meira (2014)
Closet Monster (2015)
Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves (2016)
Ravenous (2017)
The Fireflies Are Gone (2018)
Antigone (2019)
Inconvenient Indian (2020)
Ste. Anne (2021)
To Kill a Tiger (2022)
Solo (2023)
Shepherds (2024)

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