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'The Timekeeper' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Louis Blanger and released in 2009.[Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/timekeeper-louis-belanger/ "Timekeeper, The Film de Louis Blanger"]. 'Films du Qubec', July 20, 2009.] Adapted from the novel of the same name by Trevor Ferguson, the film stars Craig Olejnik as Martin Bishop, a young man who takes a job on a railway construction crew in the Northwest Territories, but struggles under the harsh cruelty of crew foreman Fisk (Stephen McHattie).[Brendan Kelly, "Time waits for Louis Blanger's The Timekeeper". 'Montreal Gazette', August 20, 2009.] The cast also includes Roy Dupuis, Gary Farmer, Julian Richings and Wayne Robson.[D. E. Seguin, [https://www.screendaily.com/louis-belanger-starts-shooting-the-timekeeper/4033946.article "Louis Belanger starts shooting The Timekeeper"]. 'Screen Daily', August 8, 2007.]
Blanger's first English-language feature film,[ it was shot in 2007 in the Port-Cartier and Sept-les regions of Quebec.][[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4555936-louis-belanger-tourne-the-timekeeper.php "Louis Blanger tourne The Timekeeper"]. 'La Presse', August 2, 2007.] Due to financial problems at distributor Christal Films, the film was not commercially released until it was picked up by Les Films Sville in 2009.[
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The film received five Jutra Award nominations at the 12th Jutra Awards in 2010, for Best Supporting Actor (McHattie), Best Art Direction (Andr-Line Beauparlant), Best Costume Design (Sophie Lefebvre), Best Makeup (Fanny Vachon) and Best Sound (Marcel Chouinard, Richard Lavoie, Dean Giammarco and Bill Sheppard).[[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4549577-jutra-liste-des-finalistes.php "Jutra : liste des finalistes"]. 'La Presse', February 16, 2010.]
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