10½ is a 2010 Canadian drama film directed by Daniel Grou

Daniel Grou

Daniel Grou, frequently credited as Podz, is a Canadian film and television director. His credits include the films 10½ and Les 7 jours du Talion, as well as episodes of the television series Drop the Beat, The Hunger, Big Wolf on Campus, Vampire High, Les Bougon, Minuit, le soir and Au nom de la...

 and written by Claude Lalonde. It premiered at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma

The Festival du Nouveau Cinéma was known as the Montreal Festival of New Cinema and New Media until 2004. Founded in 1971, by Claude Chamberlan and Dimitri Eipides, it is an annual independent film festival held in Montreal and features independent films from around the world...

 in Montreal

Montreal

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. The story involves a ten year-old boy called Tommy in the youth-protection

Ministry of Youth Protection and Rehabilitation (Quebec)

The Minister of Youth Protection and Rehabilition is responsible for the protection of youths and youth legal affairs in the province of Quebec....

 system in Quebec

Quebec

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Cast

• Albert Kwan as M. Li
• Claude Legault
  Claude Legault
  -Biography:Legault was a star of the Ligue Nationale d'Improvisation and has since appeared regularly on television, stage and film. He is currently part of the cast of the T.V. series 450 chemin du Golf and Annie et ses Hommes and he was part of Le retour...
  
   as Gilles
• Robert Naylor as Tommy

Reception

The Film won the 2010 Main Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg at the 59th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival is an annual film festival held jointly by the cities of Mannheim and Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. The festival was established in 1952. In Mannheim there are six cinema centres and 19 single cinemas.The festival presents arthouse films of...

. At the 2010 International Film Festival Bratislava

International Film Festival Bratislava

The International Film Festival Bratislava is an international film festival established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia....

, the film won the FIPRESCI

FIPRESCI

The International Federation of Film Critics is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world for "the promotion and development of film culture and for the safeguarding of professional interests." It was founded in June 1930 in...

 Jury Award and the Student Jury Award. For his role as Tommy, Robert Naylor won the award for Best Actor. In a review for The Gazette

The Gazette (Montreal)

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in Montreal, Brendan Kelly called the film "gripping" and praised the performances of Claude Legault ("so good as Gilles") and Robert Naylor ("a revelation"). He noted, however, that due to the nature of the story, the film was "not much fun to watch".