Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2014
Corbo
Buy Corbo now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Corbo' is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, written and directed by Mathieu Denis.[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/arts/corbo-disturbing-potrait-emerges-of-radicalized-flq-teen-in-search-of-identity "Corbo: Disturbing portrait emerges of radicalized FLQ teen"]. 'Montreal Gazette', April 16, 2015.
Based on a true story, the film stars Anthony Therrien as Giovanni (Jean) Corbo, the privileged but socially alienated son of wealthy Italian-Canadian businessman Nicola Corbo (Tony Nardi) and his wife Mignonne (Marie Brassard), who becomes radicalized after a chance meeting with two young activists (Karelle Tremblay and Antoine L'cuyer) draws him into the Front de libration du Qubec.[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/corbo-toronto-review-732687 "'Corbo': Toronto Review"]. 'The Hollywood Reporter', September 14, 2014.
Cast
* Anthony Therrien as Jean Corbo
* Antoine L'cuyer as Franois
* Karelle Tremblay as Julie
* Tony Nardi as Nicola Corbo
* Marie Brassard as Mignonne Corbo
* Jean-Franois Pronovost as Frre de Jean
* Francis Ducharme as Mathieu
* Simon Pigeon as Jacques
* Maxime Mailloux as Alain
* Laurent-Christophe De Ruelle as Louis
* Jean-Franois Poulin as Robert
* Stphane Demers as Professeur Lacasse
* Dino Tavarone as Achille Corbo
* Jean-Lon Rondeau as Directeur du collge
* Jean-Luc Terriault as lve Gagnon
* Franco Montesano as Dino
* Sylvain Castonguay as Andr Lagrenade
* Thrse Perreault as Thrse Morin
* Jean-Simon Leduc as Andr
* Flix-Antoine Duval as Ren
* Jean Antoine Charest as Georges Mnard
* Richard Champagne as Policier
* Simon Chauss as Lieutenant
Reception
The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, before going into general release in 2015. It garnered three Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016, for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Tony Nardi) and Best Costume Design (Judy Jonker),[http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/room-schitts-creek-lead-2016-canadian-screen-award-nominations "Room, Schitts Creek lead 2016 Canadian Screen Award nominations"]. 'National Post', January 20, 2016. and 10 Jutra Award nominations at the 18th Jutra Awards."La passion d'Augustine et Corbo nommes 10 fois aux Jutra". Canadian Press', January 25, 2016.
References
Buy Corbo now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 2014