| The United States of Albert | |
|---|---|
| French | Les États-Unis d'Albert |
| Directed by | André Forcier |
| Written by | André Forcier Linda Pinet |
| Produced by | Yves Fortin David Kodsi André Martin |
| Starring | Éric Bruneau Émilie Dequenne Roy Dupuis |
| Cinematography | Daniel Jobin |
| Edited by | Elisabeth Guido |
| Music by | Jean-Philippe Héritier |
Production companies | Productions Thalie Link's Productions Bohemian Films |
| Distributed by | Christal Films |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
The United States of Albert (French: Les États-Unis d'Albert) is a Canadian, French and Swiss co-produced comedy-drama film, directed by André Forcier and released in 2005.[1] The film stars Éric Bruneau as Albert Renaud, a young actor in Montreal who dreams of becoming a movie star in Hollywood, and sets off on a road trip across the United States in pursuit of his dreams; en route, he meets a variety of characters including Grace Carson (Émilie Dequenne), a young Mormon woman with whom he falls in love, and Jack Decker (Roy Dupuis), a mentally unstable man who takes Albert golfing in the Arizona desert.[2]
Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette panned the film, writing that Forcier's decision to cast a mixture of Québécois and European actors resulted in a distracting diversity of accents and that it strained credulity that the American characters Albert met on his trip would all be able to speak French.[2]
Gilles Aird received a Jutra Award nomination for Best Art Direction at the 8th Jutra Awards in 2006.[3] The film was a Lumières Award nominee for Best French-Language Film at the 12th Lumières Awards in 2007.
