With Richelieu, a first feature film in his career, the young filmmaker Pier-Philippe Chevigny finds himself in official competition at the prestigious Tribeca festival in New York. It’s the first time since Rebelby Kim Nguyen, in 2012, that a Quebec film deserves such an honor.
The film, which notably stars Ariane Castellanos, Marc-André Grondin, Micheline Bernard, Nelson Coronado, Luis Oliva and Eve Duranceau, will therefore be presented as a world premiere in New York next June. It tells the story of Ariane, a translator played by Ariane Castellanos who is employed in a food processing plant that hires Guatemalan workers. The young woman befriends the workers and then defends them against the exploitation of which they are victims at the hands of their employer, played by Marc-André Grondin.
Originally from the Sorel-Tracy region, Pier-Philippe Chevigny distinguished himself with his short films Veteranpresented at the Clermont-Ferrand and Namur festivals as well as Recruitscreened in Toronto, Busan and Tirana, two works that have stood out for their rigorous documentary research process.