Alphée of the Stars

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Alphée of the Stars
Film poster
FrenchAlphée des étoiles
Directed byHugo Latulippe
Written byHugo Latulippe
Produced byÉric De Gheldere
Hugo Latulippe
Colette Loumède
StarringHugo Latulippe
Laure Waridel
CinematographyPhilippe Lavalette
Edited byAnnie Jean
Music byAlain Auger
Production
company
Esperamos Films
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11) (FNCM)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Alphée of the Stars (French: Alphée des étoiles) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Hugo Latulippe and released in 2012.[1] The film documents a sabbatical year taken by Latulippe and his then-wife Laure Waridel in Switzerland, and its impact on their daughter Alphée, who has developmental disabilities caused by Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome.[2]

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The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Feature Length Documentary,[3] and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 15th Jutra Awards.[4]

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