A film by Miguel Lambert
THE MATTRESS KING
Fiction · 2018 · Quebec · 16 min 05 s
Synopsis
Simon Dugas, a man in his forties who is having a mid-life crisis and who also suffers from a condition that forces him to stay awake; survives his days and nights knowing that if he rests only once, he would never wake up. And it is through his daydream that he will finally find his childhood love, Suzie Lapointe, an ex-model that now manages a mattress store: The Mattress King.
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Genre
- dark comedy
- Year
- 2018
- Country
- Quebec
- Running time
- 16 min 05 s
- Languages
- French
- Subtitles
- with english subtitles
- Aspect ratio
- 2:39.1
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- 5.1
Cast
Danny Gilmore Eve Duranceau Sara-Sue Vallée
Crew
- Réalisation, scénario
- Miguel Lambert
- Productrice déléguée
- Jade Marcoux-Archambault
- Direction photo
- Marie-Chloé Racine
- Assistante réalisation
- Noémie Gagnon
- Son
- Jordan Choinière
- Direction artisique
- Alexis Breton
- Montage image
- Jacob Marcoux
- Musique
- Sylvain Lapointe
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2021
- Festival Émergence de Montréal
- CinéRelèveMeilleure réalisation
- FantaSci Short Film FestivalBest Drama
- 2020
- Snowtown Film Festival
- Festival du Film Étudiant de Québec
- Festival FÉCULE
- Slumberjack Film Festival
- Madeira Fantastic FilmFestMeilleur scénario original · Meilleur acteur pour Danny Guilmore
- CRASH - INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL
- 2019
- Les Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma
- Yala International Independent Film Festival
- Longue vue sur le court
- Festival Nuit Trop CourteMeilleur scénario original
- 2018
- Fantasia International Film Festival
- 18 Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine
Filmmaker
Miguel Lambert
A graduate of UQAM in cinema, Miguel Lambert writes and directs many ambitious projects such as a 105-episode youth web-series for the Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie and three short fiction films: Marmote Intrépide, Et moi je roue, and his most recent, Juveniles. He is currently working on the development of a fiction web-series entitled Les enfants du divorce, an animated short film, Apple Pie, as well as a first fiction feature film adapted from the novel FEUE by Ariane Lessard.
Filmography
- 2023juvénilesShort film
- 2020marmote intrépideShort film
- 2019le roi du matelasShort film
- 2018le roi est mortShort film
