Roger Toupin, épicier variété is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Benoît Pilon and released in 2003.
[1] The film profiles Roger Toupin, a shopkeeper in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough who is being forced to sell his shop, and the residential apartment above it where he has lived for his entire life, due to the rising costs of running an independent business.
[2] The film premiered on November 14, 2003, at the Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] where it received a standing ovation that lasted over 10 minutes.
[2] The film was co-winner, with Jean-Claude Labrecque's À Hauteur d'homme, of the Jutra Award for Best Documentary Film at the 6th Jutra Awards in 2004.
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