{"id":409,"date":"2026-02-11T16:41:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clubvideo.ca\/?post_type=projects&p=409"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:47:16","slug":"pro-pool","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/clubvideo.ca\/en\/projects\/pro-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Pool"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The absurdity of our life paths is total; destiny is delirious. How do you end up working as a clerk in a pool shop?<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

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Freshly graduated from his bachelor’s degree in history and civilization, Charles-Olivier struggles to find a job in his field and must fall back on accepting a position as a clerk in a pool shop. <\/p>\n

Feeling down, he navigates his new profession as best he can.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>

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Alec Pronovost <\/h4>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Alec Pronovost<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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It is loosely based upon my experience as a clerk in a pool shop on the south shore of Montreal right after graduating from film school. I received my diploma and the next weekend, I was testing people\u2019s pool water without knowing what the hell I was doing there. I worked there for a grand total of three weekends. While I was there, some of my friends from my class had their student film get into Sundance. So that was challenging!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I self-financed the film with some money I earned doing TV stuff here in Quebec. I contacted my ex-boss from the pool shop and they agreed to let us shoot there for three nights. For the lead role, I went with one of my best friends who happens to be one of my favorite actors in Quebec, Louis Carri\u00e8re. He had already played some version of \u2018me\u2019 from my past in a comedy short series about a camp counselor we had done a couple of years before. In a way, it was a natural continuation of the same role.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t[ Read more + ]<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\u00abFun and hopeful! For those of us with a degree in Humanities: you’re not alone, you’re not doomed, eventually you’ll find your way and a satisfying job.\u00bb<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\u00abThrough a series of hilarious scenes depicting pointless tasks, infuriating colleagues and truly monotonous interactions with the jacuzzi buying public, the universal themes and authentic scenarios laid out by Pronovost could be transplanted to anyone, anywhere punching a time clock in a dead-end job and feel totally relatable. \u00bb<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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\u00abLe r\u00e9alisateur qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Alec Pronovost, qui est derri\u00e8re la s\u00e9rie absurde Compl\u00e8tement lyc\u00e9e avec Rosalie Vaillancourt, est en comp\u00e9tition au Festival du film de Sundance avec son court m\u00e9trage Piscine pro. On y suit l\u2019histoire de Charles-Olivier, qui se r\u00e9signe \u00e0 travailler dans un magasin de piscines apr\u00e8s avoir termin\u00e9 un baccalaur\u00e9at en histoire et civilisation.\u00bb<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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