fiction
12 min
no dialogue - French
digital betacam
2001

featuring
Jacques Piperni
Marie-Hélène Thibault

writer & director
Myreille Bédard
producer
Anne-Marie Gélinas
associate producer
Isabelle Grégoire
director of photography
Nicolas Bolduc
art director
Nadine Lacasse
sound
Louis Dupire
editor
Carina Baccanale
music
Anthony Rozankovic
titles
Design Postimage

broadcast
Radio-Canada
ARTV - Silence on court

produced with the
participation of

SODEC Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec

Government of Québec - Film and Television Tax Credit

Government of Canada - Film or Video Production Tax Credit

The deferred salaries of the technicians and of the actors

And with the collaboration of Radio-Canada, Patricia Leclerc, Chef des acquisitions

Des enfants de trop... is a modern take on the classic silent film. It tells the story of the first date between two strangers who meet after HE places a singles ad on a Web dating site.

HE invites SHE to his place for dinner. In an attempt to put their best foot forward, SHE and HE inadvertently spark a series of comical misunderstandings about each other.

Misinterpreting clues, each is led to suspect the other has a child. Then the evening is interrupted by a series of characters ringing the doorbell for all sorts of reasons just as the two are about to get more comfortable together.

Will HE and SHE be able to discover each other's true character or will the evening become a missed opportunity?