[2] The cast also includes Pierre Lebeau, Danielle Proulx, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, Michèle Richard, Paul Ahmarani and Danny Gilmore in supporting roles.
[4] Dennis Harvey of Variety wrote that the film "is striking enough visually to overcome the sly script’s slightly undernourished aftertaste, with ace contributions from production designer Mario Hervieux and lenser Nicolas Bolduc.
Coldly minimalist corporate HQ, atmospheric underground truffle mines and 1950s-flavored diner/apartment settings all testify to the pic’s imagination within modest production means.
"[1] For Exclaim!, Robert Bell wrote that "Acting as a low budget and slightly less pretentious The Matrix — at least from a philosophical perspective — with a distinctively French-Canadian quirkiness, Truffe proves to be one of the more entertaining indictments of corporate psychosis and blind conformity out there.
Much of this comes from its distinguishable aesthetic sense, as the film is shot entirely in black and white and is framed with comic book precision, along with its tendency to show rather than tell, which is refreshing given the loads of pedagogy being served.