Teen suicide is tackled head-on in Tout est parfait, a feature by first-timer Yves-Christian Fournier and Go Films producer Nicole Robert (Québec-Montréal, Cheech) currently shooting in Montreal.

Along with several unknowns, the $4.2-million film stars Maxime Dumontier (Gaz Bar Blues) as a distraught 17-year-old whose four best friends follow through on a collective suicide pact without informing him.

And yet, the film is about life and hope, says Robert. ‘We are talking about suicide, but the principal character ultimately chooses to live,’ she says. ‘It’s about someone who is in between adolescence and adulthood. It’s a film about emotions. It is sad, shocking, lovely and spectacular.’

Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm will distribute.

The producers put a casting call out in skateboard parks and hangouts around Montreal. ‘We call this casting sauvage,’ says Robert. ‘We wanted to use real skaters. The approach is very realistic.’