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2006 Canadian film

On the Trail of Igor Rizzi


French	Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi

Directed by	Noël Mitrani
Written by	Noël Mitrani
Starring	Laurent Lucas Pierre-Luc Brillant Isabelle Blais
Cinematography	Christophe Debraize-Bois
Edited by	Denis Parrot
Distributed by	Atopia
Release date	September 4, 2006 (2006-09-04) (Venice)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (French: Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi) is a 2006 Canadian drama film starring Laurent Lucas, written and directed by Noël Mitrani. The film's production companies are Atopia and StanKaz Films. The distributor is also Atopia in Canada and United States. This film won the Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at 2006’s Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot

A grief-stricken and destitute French ex-soccer player has moved to Montreal, the hometown of his lost love, in an effort to recapture her presence. He is haunted by the regret of never having told her how much he loved her. To earn money he accepts to kill a certain Igor Rizzi.

Cast

Laurent Lucas as Jean-Marc Thomas
Pierre-Luc Brillant as Jean-Michel
Emmanuel Bilodeau as Gilbert McCoy
Isabelle Blais as Mélanie
Yves Allaire as Howard
Dan Chapman as Igor Rizzi
Jacinthe Pilote as The dead woman

Awards

References

"Winners a list of surprises". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2006.
Pevere, Geoff (February 2, 2007). "'On the Trail of Igor Rizzi': Trip to nowhere". The Toronto Star. Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
"In film and life, all roads lead to Montreal". The Gazette. Montreal: CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. January 15, 2007. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
"Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi takes personal, memorable route". The Gazette. Montreal: CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. January 19, 2007. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
"Just paying the bills". National Post. CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. February 2, 2007. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
Canada's Top Ten 2006 Archived 2007-05-13 at the Wayback Machine

External links

On the Trail of Igor Rizzi at IMDb

v t e Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian Discovery Award
Best Canadian First Feature (1997-2019)	Cube (1997) Last Night (1998) Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation (1999) The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (2000) Inertia (2001) Marion Bridge (2002) Love, Sex and Eating the Bones (2003) White Skin (2004) The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico (2005) On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (2006) Continental, a Film Without Guns (2007) Before Tomorrow (2008) The Wild Hunt (2009) The High Cost of Living (2010) Citizen Gangster (2011) Antiviral and Blackbird (2012) Asphalt Watches (2013) Bang Bang Baby (2014) Sleeping Giant (2015) Old Stone (2016) Luk'Luk'I (2017) Roads in February (2018) The Twentieth Century (2019)
Best Canadian Discovery (2024-present)	Universal Language (2024)

Toronto International Film Festival Best Canadian Discovery Award

Best Canadian First Feature
(1997-2019)

Cube (1997)
Last Night (1998)
Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation (1999)
The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (2000)
Inertia (2001)
Marion Bridge (2002)
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones (2003)
White Skin (2004)
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico (2005)
On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (2006)
Continental, a Film Without Guns (2007)
Before Tomorrow (2008)
The Wild Hunt (2009)
The High Cost of Living (2010)
Citizen Gangster (2011)
Antiviral and Blackbird (2012)
Asphalt Watches (2013)
Bang Bang Baby (2014)
Sleeping Giant (2015)
Old Stone (2016)
Luk'Luk'I (2017)
Roads in February (2018)
The Twentieth Century (2019)

Best Canadian Discovery
(2024-present)

Universal Language (2024)

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