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{{short description|2003 Canadian thriller film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Evil Words
| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Sur le seuil}}
| image =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Éric Tessier]]
| producer = Nicole Robert
| writer = Éric Tessier<br>[[Patrick Senécal]]
| based_on = ''Sur le seuil'' by Patrick Senécal
| starring = [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]]<br>[[Patrick Huard]]
| music = [[Ned Bouhalassa]]
| cinematography = Denis-Noël Mostert
| editing = Alain Baril
| studio = GO Films
| distributor = [[Alliance Atlantis]]
| released = {{film date|2003|10|3}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = French
| budget =
}}
'''''Evil Words''''' ({{lang-fr|Sur le seuil}}, lit. "On the Threshhold") is a Canadian thriller film, directed by [[Éric Tessier]] and released in 2003.<ref name=fdq>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/sur-le-seuil-eric-tessier/ "Sur le seuil – Film d’Éric Tessier"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 19, 2009.</ref> Adapted from the novel ''Sur le seuil'' by [[Patrick Senécal]], he film stars [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]] as Paul Lacasse, a doctor who is treating famous horror novelist Thomas Roy ([[Patrick Huard]]) following a suicide attempt, and begins to find evidence that Roy was in close proximity to every one of the last several dozen tragedies to occur anywhere in Canada.<ref>Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2003/10/01/sur-le-seuil-le-quebec-dans-le-sang-3/ "Sur le seuil : Le Québec dans le sang"]. ''[[Voir]]'', October 1, 2003.</ref>
The cast also includes Catherine Florent, [[Albert Millaire]], Jean L'Italien, Jacques Lavallée, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, [[Normand D'Amour]], Nicolas Canuel, [[Frédérique Collin]], Annette Garant, Christine Foley, Alexis Belec, [[Paul Doucet]], Guy Boutet, Anne-Marie Labelle, Frédéric Gilles, Richard Fréchette, [[Martin Dubreuil]], Geneviève Laroche, Patrick Senécal, [[Lise Roy]], Patrice Bélanger, Stéphane Blanchette and Éric Cabana in supporting roles.<ref name=fdq/>
The film opened in theatres on October 3, 2003.<ref name=fdq/>
==Attempted remakes==
Within a couple of weeks of the film's release, [[Miramax]] acquired rights to produce an American remake,<ref>[https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2003/10/23/le-film-quebecois-sur-le-seuil-deviendra-un-remake-americain "Le film québécois Sur le seuil deviendra un remake américain"]. [[TVA Nouvelles]], October 23, 2003.</ref> but this never materialized.
In 2015, GO Films, the original film's studio, announced plans to produce its own English-language remake of the film, to be titled ''Threshhold'' and directed by [[Érik Canuel]] with the setting transferred to [[Boston]],<ref>André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouv...ise-de-sur-le-seuil-se-deroulera-a-boston.php "La version anglaise de Sur le seuil se déroulera à Boston"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', April 14, 2015.</ref> but this project was also never completed.
==Awards==
[[Louis Hone]] received a [[Jutra Award]] nomination for [[Prix Iris for Best Sound|Best Sound]] at the [[6th Jutra Awards]] in 2004.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0380732}}
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2003 thriller films]]
[[Category:French-language Canadian films]]
[[Category:Canadian thriller films]]
[[Category:2000s Canadian films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Quebec]]
[[Category:Films set in Quebec]]
[[Category:Films based on Canadian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Éric Tessier]]
[[Category:2003 directorial debut films]]
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{{short description|2003 Canadian thriller film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Evil Words
| native_name = {{infobox name module|fr|Sur le seuil}}
| image =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Éric Tessier]]
| producer = Nicole Robert
| writer = Éric Tessier<br>[[Patrick Senécal]]
| based_on = ''Sur le seuil'' by Patrick Senécal
| starring = [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]]<br>[[Patrick Huard]]
| music = [[Ned Bouhalassa]]
| cinematography = Denis-Noël Mostert
| editing = Alain Baril
| studio = GO Films
| distributor = [[Alliance Atlantis]]
| released = {{film date|2003|10|3}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = French
| budget =
}}
'''''Evil Words''''' ({{lang-fr|Sur le seuil}}, lit. "On the Threshhold") is a Canadian thriller film, directed by [[Éric Tessier]] and released in 2003.<ref name=fdq>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/sur-le-seuil-eric-tessier/ "Sur le seuil – Film d’Éric Tessier"]. ''Films du Québec'', April 19, 2009.</ref> Adapted from the novel ''Sur le seuil'' by [[Patrick Senécal]], he film stars [[Michel Côté (actor)|Michel Côté]] as Paul Lacasse, a doctor who is treating famous horror novelist Thomas Roy ([[Patrick Huard]]) following a suicide attempt, and begins to find evidence that Roy was in close proximity to every one of the last several dozen tragedies to occur anywhere in Canada.<ref>Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2003/10/01/sur-le-seuil-le-quebec-dans-le-sang-3/ "Sur le seuil : Le Québec dans le sang"]. ''[[Voir]]'', October 1, 2003.</ref>
The cast also includes Catherine Florent, [[Albert Millaire]], Jean L'Italien, Jacques Lavallée, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, [[Normand D'Amour]], Nicolas Canuel, [[Frédérique Collin]], Annette Garant, Christine Foley, Alexis Belec, [[Paul Doucet]], Guy Boutet, Anne-Marie Labelle, Frédéric Gilles, Richard Fréchette, [[Martin Dubreuil]], Geneviève Laroche, Patrick Senécal, [[Lise Roy]], Patrice Bélanger, Stéphane Blanchette and Éric Cabana in supporting roles.<ref name=fdq/>
The film opened in theatres on October 3, 2003.<ref name=fdq/>
==Attempted remakes==
Within a couple of weeks of the film's release, [[Miramax]] acquired rights to produce an American remake,<ref>[https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2003/10/23/le-film-quebecois-sur-le-seuil-deviendra-un-remake-americain "Le film québécois Sur le seuil deviendra un remake américain"]. [[TVA Nouvelles]], October 23, 2003.</ref> but this never materialized.
In 2015, GO Films, the original film's studio, announced plans to produce its own English-language remake of the film, to be titled ''Threshhold'' and directed by [[Érik Canuel]] with the setting transferred to [[Boston]],<ref>André Duchesne, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouv...ise-de-sur-le-seuil-se-deroulera-a-boston.php "La version anglaise de Sur le seuil se déroulera à Boston"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]]'', April 14, 2015.</ref> but this project was also never completed.
==Awards==
[[Louis Hone]] received a [[Jutra Award]] nomination for [[Prix Iris for Best Sound|Best Sound]] at the [[6th Jutra Awards]] in 2004.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0380732}}
[[Category:2003 films]]
[[Category:2003 thriller films]]
[[Category:French-language Canadian films]]
[[Category:Canadian thriller films]]
[[Category:2000s Canadian films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Quebec]]
[[Category:Films set in Quebec]]
[[Category:Films based on Canadian novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Éric Tessier]]
[[Category:2003 directorial debut films]]
Okumaya devam et...