Life Begins (French: La Vie commence) is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Émile Proulx-Cloutier and released in 2009.
[1] The film centres on 24 hours in the life of a dysfunctional family who do not communicate well.
[2] The film stars Jacques Girard as the father, and Maxime Dumontier, Vincent Proulx-Hébert and Anfée Tremblay-Proulx as his children.
[3] It was also screened at the 2009 Festival du nouveau cinéma, where it received an honorable mention from the jury for the Best Canadian Short Film Award,[4] and at the 2009 Whistler Film Festival, where it won the ShortWork Award.
[5] The film was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2009.