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Danse Macabre (film)
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'Danse Macabre' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Pedro Pires and released in 2009."Event starts moving, and so does the body; Danse macabre is highlight of shorts". 'Montreal Gazette', October 8, 2009. The film portrays the "dance" of a dead body twitching and writhing as it is drained of fluids in preparation for its embalming.
The corpse was portrayed by dancer Anne Bruce Falconer.
The film won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival,"It's a wrap for TIFF; Film 'Precious' nabs audience prize at festival, stoking Oscar predictions". 'Telegraph-Journal', September 21, 2009. and was named to TIFF's year-end Canada's Top Ten list."Dolan, Nadda films among Canada's best of the year". 'Waterloo Region Record', December 26, 2009. It won the Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 30th Genie Awards,"Bold Canadian shorts pack big punch". 'Toronto Star', September 9, 2011.
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