The Meteor (film)

The Meteor (French: Le Météore) is a Canadian dramatic docufiction film, directed by François Delisle and released in 2013.

[1] The film centres on the experiences of Pierre, a man who is serving a 14-year prison sentence for manslaughter after accidentally killing a woman while driving under the influence, and his interactions with his mother, his ex-girlfriend Suzanne, a prison guard and a cellmate.

[2] To heighten the sense of Pierre's dislocation and isolation, none of the main characters in the film are voiced by the same actors who appear on screen.

[1] Delisle received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Cinematography at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014,[6] and the film won the Prix Luc-Perreault from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.

[7] The film was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2014.