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Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2016-11-10
- video_camera_front Companies FilmNation Entertainment, Lava Bear Films, 21 Laps Entertainment
- timer Runtime: 116 Mins
- star Rating: 7.6 / 10
- favorite Likes: 18547 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt2543164
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smart_display Cast

Amy Adams
Louise Banks

Jeremy Renner
Ian Donnelly

Forest Whitaker
Colonel Weber

Michael Stuhlbarg
Agent Halpern

Mark O'Brien
Captain Marks

Tzi Ma
General Shang

Abigail Pniowsky
8-Year-Old Hannah

Julia Scarlett Dan
12-Year-Old Hannah

Jadyn Malone
6-Year-Old Hannah

Frank Schorpion
Dr. Kettler

Lucas Chartier-Dessert
Private Lasky

Christian Jadah
Private Combs

Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld
CNAC Anchor

Andrew Shaver
Environmental Tech

Pat Kiely
Environmental Tech

Sonia Vigneault
Dr. J. Bydwell

Mark Camacho
Richard Riley

Sabrina Reeves
Press Secretary

Julian Casey
Australian Scientist

Tony Robinow
British Scientist

Larry Day
CIA Officer Dan Ryder

Matthew Willson
Preacher

Ruth Chiang
Chinese Scientist

Russell Yuen
Chinese Scientist

Sergiy Marchenko
Russian Officer

Anana Rydvald
Swedish Scientist

Bineyam Girma
Sudan Representative

Abdelghafour Elaaziz
African Representative

Abdul Ayoola
Sierra Leone Representative

Alex M. Yeuh
Japanese Minister

Daniel Esteban
Venezuelan Representative

Albert Kwan
Chinese Man

Brittany Teo
Student with Smartphone

Joe Cobden
Cryptographer

Lorne Brass
Cryptographer

Genevieve Sirois
Cryptographer

Victor Andres Trelles Turgeon
Science Team Member

Michael Nangreaves
Science Team Member

Reda Guerinik
Communications Operator

Adrien Benn
Communications Operator

Sasha Samar
Communications Operator

Kathleen Stavert
Communications Operator

Kattia Thony
Nurse

Leisa Reid
Nurse

Brent Skagford
Lieutenant

Gurdeep Ahluwalia
Soldier

Shawn Campbell
TV Anchor

Brian Dunstan
TV Anchor

Dan Duran
TV Anchor

Lori Graham
TV Anchor

Orla Johannes
TV Anchor

John Sanford Moore
TV Anchor

Sangita Patel
TV Anchor

Hal Roberts
TV Anchor

Camille Ross
TV Anchor

Ola Sturik
TV Anchor

Tammie Sutherland
TV Anchor

Max Walker
TV Anchor

Marc-André Goulet
Motion Capture Heptapod

Paul-Antoine Taillefer
Motion Capture Heptapod

Martin Jr Pelletier
Motion Capture Heptapod

Carmela Nozza Guizzo
4-Year-Old Hannah (uncredited)

Robert D. Morais
Master Sergeant Douglas (uncredited)

Mustafa Haidari
Foreign Correspondent (uncredited)

Philippe Hartmann
Halpern's Deputy Director (uncredited)

Laurean Adrian Parau
US Army Major (uncredited)

Nathaly Thibault
Gala Guest (uncredited)

Leslie Baker
Middle Aged Woman (uncredited)

Dave Campbell
Soldier (uncredited)

Alexander Da Mota
Venezuelan Military (uncredited)

Akul Dang
Pakistani Scientist (uncredited)

Frank Fiola
Soldier (uncredited)
groups Crew

Nicolas Lepage
Art Direction

Denis Villeneuve
Director

Ted Chiang
Short Story

Eric Heisserer
Screenplay

Glen Basner
Executive Producer

Eric Heisserer
Executive Producer

Michael Jackman
Co-Producer

Dan Levine
Producer

Shawn Levy
Producer

David Linde
Producer

Karen Lunder
Producer

Tory Metzger
Executive Producer

Milan Popelka
Executive Producer

Aaron Ryder
Producer

Stan Wlodkowski
Executive Producer

Joe Walker
Editor

Francine Maisler
Casting

Isabelle Guay
Supervising Art Director

Jean-Pierre Paquet
Art Direction

Robert Parle
Art Direction

Paul Hotte
Set Decoration

Marianne Bobet
Makeup Artist

Marie-Christine Dormier
Hairstylist

Réjean Goderre
Key Hair Stylist

Joan Patricia Parris
Makeup Artist

Colleen Quinton
Makeup Department Head

Sabrina Trudel
Makeup Artist

Alain Caporicci
Set Production Assistant

Michael Jackman
Post Production Supervisor

Hélène Ross
Production Manager

Stan Wlodkowski
Unit Production Manager

Serge Archambault
Scenic Artist

Stephen Craig
Scenic Artist

Meinert Hansen
Conceptual Design

Hélène Lamarre
Art Department Coordinator

André Nicholas Malouf
Set Dressing Artist

Aaron Morrison
Assistant Art Director

Pierre-Jules Audet
Sound Effects Editor

Mathieu Beaudin
Sound Effects Editor

Nicolas Becker
Special Sound Effects

Sylvain Bellemare
Supervising Sound Editor

Luc Boudrias
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Bernard Gariépy Strobl
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Ilyaa Ghafouri
Sound Design Assistant

Olivier Guillaume
Special Sound Effects

Claude La Haye
Sound Mixer

Francis Péloquin
Boom Operator

Marc Reichel
Special Effects

Christopher Ahrens
CG Supervisor

Félix Arsenault
Modeling

Marc Aubry
Animation

Andrew Barry
Compositors

Michael Beaulac
Digital Compositors

Olivier Beaulieu
Digital Compositors

Matt Belbin
Digital Effects Supervisor

Sébastien Bergeron
Visual Effects Producer

Louise Bertrand
Visual Effects Producer

Miguel Berube Ouellet
Modeling

Samuel Boisvert
Digital Compositors

Xavier Bourque
Digital Compositors

Meggie Cabral
Visual Effects Producer

Steve Cady
Animation

Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo
Digital Compositors

Matthieu Chatelier
Digital Compositors

Marie-Pier Couture-Alain
Digital Compositors

Joanie Croteau
Visual Effects Coordinator

Dominic Dauphin
Digital Compositors

Robert De La Cruz
Modeling

Thierry Delattre
Visual Effects Producer

Julien Dubusset
Animation

Lafleche Dumais
CG Supervisor

Jean-François Ferland
Visual Effects Supervisor

Jean-Pierre Flayeux
Compositors

Vincent Forand
Digital Compositors

Jean-Francois Gallant
Animation

Emmanuel Gatera
Animation

Mathieu Girard
Digital Compositors

Jose Luis Gomez
Digital Compositors

Olivier Gravel
Digital Compositors

Veronique Guay
Digital Compositors

Nick Guth
Visual Effects

Gael Hollard
Digital Compositors

Nadine Homier
Digital Compositors

Noémie Jacques
Visual Effects Producer

Bruno-Pierre Jobin
Digital Compositors

Yann Jouannic
Visual Effects Coordinator

Lari Karam
Animation

Peter Konig
Conceptual Design

Heston L'Abbé
Digital Compositors

Caroline Labrie
Animation

Alain Lachance
Visual Effects Supervisor

Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Visual Effects Coordinator

Alexandre Lafortune
Visual Effects Supervisor

Mathieu Lalonde
Modeling

Maxime Lapointe
Digital Compositors

Xavier Larocque
Digital Compositors

Patrick Lemay-Hardy
Digital Compositors

Maxime Lemieux
Digital Compositors

Samuel Lepage-Bedard
Digital Compositors

Martine Losier
Visual Effects Coordinator

Hugo Léveillé
Compositors

Karina Mariano
Visual Effects Coordinator

Richard Martin
Compositors

Belly Mingmuong
Digital Compositors

Ivan Moran
Visual Effects Supervisor

Louis Morin
Visual Effects Supervisor

Bradford Young
Director of Photography

Jóhann Jóhannsson
Original Music Composer

Catherine Nadeau
Visual Effects Producer

Dan Cohen
Producer

Renée April
Costume Design

André Valade
Set Decoration

Eames Gagnon
Gaffer

Frédéric Chamberland
Steadicam Operator

Jan Thijs
Still Photographer

Jean-François Dubé
Rigging Grip

Mary Lukasiewicz
First Assistant Editor

Pierre Daudelin
Best Boy Electric

Salomé Villeneuve
Costume Assistant

Isabelle Faivre-Duboz
Script Supervisor

Mario Davignon
Costume Supervisor

Viriya Say
Seamstress

Dann Fink
ADR Voice Casting

Bruce Winant
ADR Voice Casting

Hans Bjerno
Aerial Director of Photography

Peter Wilke
Steadicam Operator

Pierre-Luc L'Espérance
Rigging Grip

Shaun Nagorny
Rigging Grip

Maude Turcot
Rigging Grip

Christian Lalonde
Rigging Grip

Daniel Sauvé
Additional Camera

Marieke Séguin
Rigging Grip

Keith Kerr
Key Grip

Alain Bisson Doyal
Techno Crane Operator

Marc Désourdy
Stunt Coordinator

Marie-Soleil Dénommé
Set Decoration

Jean Gagnon
Set Designer

Simon Guilbault
Set Designer

Jordana Sapiurka
Casting Assistant

Michèle St-Arnaud
Location Manager

Kathy Ann Thomas
Production Coordinator

Leo Yılmaz
Production Manager

Benoît Brière
Visual Effects Producer

Valéry Dufort-Boucher
Dialogue Editor

Claire Pochon
Dialogue Editor

Stan Sakellaropoulos
ADR Supervisor

Steve Perski
Sound Recordist

Justin Scott Wilson
Sound Recordist

Lise Pharand
Property Master

Pierre Gill
Additional Photography

Donald Sparks
First Assistant Director

Luc Raymond
Foley Editor

Clint Bennett
Music Editor

Martin Henri
Line Producer

Jóhann Jóhannsson
Musician

Jóhann Jóhannsson
Music Arranger

Jóhann Jóhannsson
Music Producer

Sandro Di Gioacchino
Assistant Hairdresser

Marie-Christine Cormier
Assistant Hairdresser

Mario Huot
Assistant Hairdresser

Marie-Lise Taupier
Hairdresser

Réjean Goderre
Key Hairdresser

Réjean Goderre
Hairstylist

Fríða Aradóttir
Key Hair Stylist

Catherine Laniel
Assistant Makeup Artist

Jennifer Dionne
Assistant Makeup Artist

Xiao Yun Hu
Assistant Makeup Artist

Gillian Chandler
Makeup Artist

Morag Ross
Makeup Artist

Michelle Quinn
Production Manager

Évelyne Renaud
Additional Third Assistant Director

Martin Doepner
Additional Third Assistant Director

Marie-José Bourassa
First Assistant Director

Brigitte Goulet
Second Assistant Director

Dandy Thibaudeau
Second Assistant Director

Karine P. Labelle
Second Second Assistant Director

Marie-Julie Dallaire
Second Unit Director

Moumita Mondal
Second Unit Director

Carl Kouri
Third Assistant Director

Kaven MacDonald
Third Assistant Director

Martha Fernandez
Art Department Coordinator

Martin Macrae
Concept Artist

Carl Lessard
Graphic Designer

Jocelyn Charbonneau
Set Dresser

Louis Frederic Denomme
Set Dresser

Luc Houle
Set Dresser

Luc-Eric Duhamel
Set Dresser

Marc-Andre Jalbert
Set Dresser

Marco Lavallée
Set Dresser

Sébastien Gervais
Set Dresser

André Nicholas Malouf
Set Dresser

Louis-Antoine Lassonde
ADR Mixer

Maxwell Chamberlin
ADR Mixer

James A. Moore
ADR Recordist

Simon Girard
Assistant Sound Editor

Gabrielle Labelle Joly
Sound Re-Recording Assistant

Olivier Calvert
Sound Designer

Dave Whitehead
Sound Designer

Michelle Child
Sound Designer

Alan Robert Murray
Sound Effects Editor

Daniel Capeille
Sound Effects Editor

Anthony Weeden
Conductor

Anthony Weeden
Orchestrator

Paul Corley
Mixing Engineer

Owen Roberts
Music Arranger

Will Slater
Music Sound Design and Processing

Simon Ashdown
Music Sound Design and Processing

Adam Wiltzie
Musician

Colin Stetson
Musician

Hildur Guðnadóttir
Musician

Olafur Bjorn Olafsson
Musician

Daniel Kresco
Scoring Mixer

Jan Holzner
Score Engineer

Will Slater
Sound Designer

Elenor Wiman
Vocals

Ellen Marie Brink Christensen
Vocals

Else Torp
Vocals

Jakob Bloch Jespersen
Vocals

Jakob Soelberg Hammershøj
Vocals

Kristin Mulders
Vocals

Paul Bentley
Vocals

Signe Asmussen
Vocals

Réal Hamel
Picture Car Coordinator

Jean-Francois Hall
Driver

Steve Szewczok
Driver

Harvey Drouelle
Driver

Spiro Tsovras
Driver

Denis Doiron
Driver

Michel Saule
Driver

Bernard Guay
Driver

Philippe Montel
Transportation Coordinator

Alexandre Juaneda
Transportation Coordinator

Lyssa J. Caster
Transportation Captain

Victorine Tamafo
Travel Coordinator

Valérie Beaugrand-Champagne
Thanks

Broderick Johnson
Thanks

Andrew A. Kosove
Thanks

David Kristian
Thanks

Cathy Gurvis
Assistant Accountant

Gabriella Ludlow
Legal Services

Erik Yelemanov
Scientific Consultant

Stephen Wolfram
Scientific Consultant

Elizabeth Himelstein
Dialect Coach

Wen Shen
Dialogue Coach

Gilles Montreuil
First Assistant Accountant

Lise Servant
Payroll Accountant

Tom Di Blasio
Production Accountant

Nathalie Lagacé
Production Accountant

Aurelie Poirier
Production Assistant

Caroline Thisdale
Production Assistant

Francois Ricard-Sheard
Production Assistant

Hanna Oldenburg
Production Assistant

Jean-Francois Hall
Production Assistant

Marc-André Massé
Production Assistant

Sophie Mailloux
Production Assistant

Ben Browning
Production Executive

Troy Allen
Production Executive

Alex Feldman
Production Secretary

Irina Cazazaeva
Production Secretary

Phil Plait
Scientific Consultant

Chantal Nolet
Second Assistant Accountant

Mathieu Coderre
Stand In

Christina Correll
Stand In

Cyrille Chatelain
Technical Advisor

Didier Communaux
Unit Manager

Puelo Deir
Unit Publicist

Krista Bell
Stunt Double

Max Laferriere
Stunt Double

Paul Viger
Stunts

Dominic Lapointe
Additional First Assistant Camera

Amandine Schelle
Additional First Assistant Camera

Jean-Francois Tousignant
Additional First Assistant Camera

Leon Rivers-Moore
Digital Imaging Technician

Marc Hénaut
Electrician

Michael Saintsbury
Electrician

Chloé Giroux-LaChance
First Assistant Camera

Dany Racine
First Assistant "A" Camera

Christian Caperaa
First Assistant "B" Camera

Réal Saulnier
Generator Operator

Claude Gervais
Grip

Jacynthe Labrosse
Grip

Jean-François Dubé
Key Rigging Grip

David Villeneuve
Lighting Technician

Henri Normand
Lighting Technician

Soupharak Keoborakoth
Second Assistant Camera

Marie-Helene Tremblay
Second Assistant "B" Camera

Victor Ghizaru
Video Assist Operator

Julie Breton
Extras Casting

Caroline Poirier
Assistant Costume Designer

Mirenda Ouellet
Assistant Editor

Zach Marshall
Assistant Editor

Brigitte Renaud
Assistant Location Manager

Bruno Lemire
Assistant Location Manager

Joe Gawler
Digital Intermediate Colorist

Johanne Baril
Dresser

Julie Chénard
Dresser

Ginette Régis
Key Dresser

Mariane Carter
Key Dresser

Timothy Ferris
Post Production Assistant

John Sylva
Post Production Coordinator

Bernd Angerer
Animation

Camilo Guaman
Animation

David St-Amant
Animation

Adrien Annesley
Animation

Guillaume Boulay
Animation

Guillaume Pelletier
Animation

Jean-François Barthélémy
Animation

Jonathan Grégoire
Animation

Josef Sy
Animation

Toby Winder
Animation

Élodie Gilbert Lachapelle
Animation

Mathieu Goulet-Aubin
3D Artist

Martin Macrae
Visual Effects Art Director

Etienne Laroche
CG Artist

Fanny Berthiaume
CG Artist

Hernan Vietri
CG Artist

Robert Rioux
CG Artist

Stéphanie Morin
CG Artist

Guillaume Mainville
CG Supervisor

Jason Quintana
CG Supervisor

Jean-Sebastien Guillemette
CG Supervisor

Sylvain Theroux
CG Supervisor

Didier Bertrand
Compositing Supervisor

Hugo Léveillé
Compositing Supervisor

Nguon Vissal Ong
Compositing Supervisor

Vincent Poitras
Compositing Supervisor

Björn Gottwald
Compositor

David Monfette
Compositor

Michel Frenette
Compositor

Philippe Bienvenue
Compositor

Nicolas-Alexandre Noel
CG Supervisor

Deak Ferrand
Concept Artist

Louis-Martin Duval
Creative Director

Alban Kasikci
Digital Compositor

Amélie Rey
Digital Compositor

Andris Pakalns
Digital Compositor

Anna Pacchioni
Digital Compositor

Anthony Luigi Santoro
Digital Compositor

Christopher Tuleya
Digital Compositor

David Décoste
Digital Compositor

Dominic Vincent
Digital Compositor

Gabriel Roy
Digital Compositor

Gaël Chopin
Digital Compositor

Jean Frédéric Veilleux
Digital Compositor

Jose Luis Gomez Godinez
Digital Compositor

Katy Savoie
Digital Compositor

Louis-Alexandre Lord
Digital Compositor

Luke Drummond
Digital Compositor

Lyne Lepage
Digital Compositor

Micha Sher
Digital Compositor

Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput
Digital Compositor

Randy Santandrea
Digital Compositor

Raphael Valle
Digital Compositor

Sébastien Rioux
Digital Compositor

Simon Beaupré
Digital Compositor

Simon-Pierre Puech
Digital Compositor

Véronique Tremblay
Digital Compositor

Xavier Doyon
Digital Compositor

Yi Zhang
Digital Compositor

Mathieu Tremblay
Digital Compositor

Philippe Thibault
Digital Effects Supervisor

Pierpaolo Navarini
Visual Effects Technical Director

Antonio Covelo Peleteiro
Visual Effects Technical Director

Dominik Kirouac
VFX Artist

James Dong
VFX Artist

Owens Bazile
VFX Artist

Pier-Luc Verville
VFX Artist

Pierre Rousseau
VFX Artist

Simon Devault
Compositing Lead

Dawid Borkiewicz
Lighting Artist

Frederic Schmidt
Lighting Artist

Veronique Levesque
Lighting Artist

Frédéric Gagnon
Shading

Gabriel Morin
Shading

Antoine Rouleau
Matte Painter

Catherine Hébert
Matte Painter

Francois Croteau
Matte Painter

Sith Khay
Matte Painter

Eric Mc Guire
Matte Painter

Eliott Beaudon
Matte Painter

Frederic Dupere
Matte Painter

Frederic St-Arnaud
Matte Painter

Christopher Gonnord
Modeling

Jean-Olivier Esther
Modeling

Marc-Andre Poulin
Modeling

Mario Fraser
Modeling

Adam Wierzchowski
Pipeline Technical Director

Alan Fregtman
Pipeline Technical Director

Carine Touraille
Pipeline Technical Director

D.J. Rahming
Pipeline Technical Director

Jean-Christophe Morin
Pipeline Technical Director

Jonathan Niquet
Pipeline Technical Director

Jordi Riera
Pipeline Technical Director

Julien Dubuisson
Pipeline Technical Director

Ken Mohammed
Pipeline Technical Director

Laura Kwan
Pipeline Technical Director

Marie Fétiveau
Pipeline Technical Director

Guillaume Laforge
Pipeline Technical Director

Marc-Olivier Rouleau
Pipeline Technical Director

Matthew Gray
Pipeline Technical Director

Nicholas Verschelde
Pipeline Technical Director

Stephane Wirtel
Pipeline Technical Director

Thomas Courtois
Pipeline Technical Director

Pierre Raymond
Head of Production

Martin Chamney
Pre-Visualization Supervisor

Félix Clément
Production Assistant

Jean-Sebastien Letourneau
Production Assistant

Marie-Eve St-Amour
Production Assistant

Mathieu Boudreau
Production Assistant

Josee Chapdelaine
VFX Artist

Louis-Philippe Clavet
Rotoscoping Artist

Valentin Delbroucq
Rotoscoping Artist

Maxime Pearson
Rotoscoping Artist

Singarajan Praveen
Rotoscoping Artist

Alain Morin
Rotoscoping Artist

Maxime Desforges
Rotoscoping Artist

Philippe Cournoyer
Rotoscoping Artist

Simon Chassé
Rotoscoping Artist

William Perreault
Rotoscoping Artist

Andréanne Lamoureux
Rotoscoping Artist

Béatrice Palin
Rotoscoping Artist

Dominique Richer
Rotoscoping Artist

Gabrielle Perreault
Rotoscoping Artist

Geneviève Gareau
Rotoscoping Artist

Jean-Michel Cristofaro
Rotoscoping Artist

Kevin Harding
Rotoscoping Artist

Marie Soleil Chabot
Rotoscoping Artist

Marie-Ève Gélinas
Rotoscoping Artist

Mathieu Raynault
VFX Supervisor

Josiane Fradette
Visual Effects Producer

Arnaud Brisebois
VFX Supervisor

Sasha Leigh Izadpanah
VFX Editor

Vicky Daneau
VFX Editor

Philippe Theroux
VFX Supervisor

Antonin Messier Turcotte
VFX Artist

Kevin R. Browne
VFX Artist

Martin Fourat
Visual Effects Assistant Editor

Deborah Zadzora
Visual Effects Coordinator

Frederic St-Jean
Visual Effects Coordinator

Jean-Francois Lafleur
Visual Effects Coordinator

Marina Popova
Visual Effects Coordinator

Nathalie Cyr
Visual Effects Coordinator

Thibaud Galbois
Visual Effects Coordinator

Céline Zapater
VFX Editor

François Poirier
VFX Editor

Frédérique Schmidt
VFX Editor

Guillaume Poulin
VFX Editor

Melanie La Rue
Executive Visual Effects Producer

Sébastien Moreau
Executive Visual Effects Producer

Alexandra Vaillancourt
Visual Effects Producer

Amelie Poitras
Visual Effects Producer

Annie Cliche
Visual Effects Producer

Daniel Booty
Visual Effects Producer

Sandra Germain
Visual Effects Producer

Ève Giordani
Visual Effects Production Assistant

Karl Alexandre Lamarre-Parent
Visual Effects Production Assistant

Marc-André Roy
Visual Effects Production Assistant

Melanie Murray
Visual Effects Production Assistant

Ahmidou Lyazidi
Visual Effects Technical Director

Dave Thomlison
Visual Effects Technical Director

David Raymond
Visual Effects Technical Director

Emmanuel Pelletier
Visual Effects Technical Director

Eric G. Thivierge
Visual Effects Technical Director

François Lord
Visual Effects Technical Director

Mathieu Leclaire
Visual Effects Technical Director

Olivier Péloquin
Visual Effects Technical Director

Patrick Piche
Visual Effects Technical Director

Sylvain Berger
Visual Effects Technical Director

Joseph Kasparian
Visual Effects Supervisor

Sylvain Lebeau
Visual Effects Supervisor

Yves Bélanger
Second Unit Director of Photography

Jessica Francoeur-Ducharme
Digital Compositor

Bryan Hsu
Digital Compositor

Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Digital Compositor

Sam Hudecki
Storyboard Artist

Tyler Newhouse
ADR Recordist

Kyle D. Krajewski
ADR Mixer

Gilles Marsalet
Assistant Foley Artist

Nicolas Becker
Foley Artist

Niels Barletta
Foley Mixer

Steven Ghouti
Foley Mixer

Grégory Vincent
Foley Artist

Olivier Guillaume
Foley Mixer

Patrice Vermette
Production Design

Jessica Coon
Script Consultant
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