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Pro Pool film image, director Alec Pronovost

Pro Pool

Piscine pro

Charles-Olivier, a recent graduate who had majored in Viking history, begins a new job at a pool shop.

 

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Director
Cast

Louis Carrière, Alexis Martin, Sylvie de Morais, Sébastien Rajotte, Oussama Fares, Louis Girard-Bock

Credits
Country of Origin

Canada

Year

2022

Language

In French with English subtitles

Film Contact
Content Warning

Coarse language; violence

PG
8 min

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Credits

Producer

Patrick Francke-Sirois

Screenwriter

Alec Pronovost

Cinematography

Natan B. Foisy

Editor

Louis Chevalier-Dagenais

Original Music

Alex Lefaivre

Director

Alec Pronovost headshot, Pro Pool director

Alec Pronovost

Director and writer Alec Pronovost is the creator behind the series The Killing as well as the short films Jeep Boys (2020), Sainte Marie-Josée part en croisade (2020), and Tony Speed (2018).