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Absences

2013 1 h 14 min
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Long métrage documentaire sur l'absence, une déchirure souvent synonyme de quête. À l’origine du projet, il y a le drame intime de la réalisatrice qui voit sa mère, atteinte de la maladie d’Alzheimer, s’éloigner d’elle. Réunissant des êtres confrontés à une forme d’absence, le film explore des territoires intérieurs douloureux, où coexistent sentiment de perte et résilience.

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Long métrage documentaire sur l'absence, une déchirure souvent synonyme de quête. À l’origine du projet, il y a le drame intime de la réalisatrice qui voit sa mère, atteinte de la maladie d’Alzheimer, s’éloigner d’elle. Réunissant des êtres confrontés à une forme d’absence, le film explore des territoires intérieurs douloureux, où coexistent sentiment de perte et résilience.

  • participation
    Colette Sauvageau
    Deni Yvan Béchard
    Nathalie Bergeron
    Ines Hajrovic
    Yvonne Duguay
    Marcel Dumesnil
    Zekija Hajrovic
    Robert Hendricks
    Laurette Sauvageau
  • script
    Carole Laganière
  • direction
    Carole Laganière
  • picture
    Dominic Dorval
  • editing
    Aube Foglia
  • location sound
    Richard Lavoie
    Mélanie Gauthier
    Louis Léger
  • original music
    Luc Sicard
  • research
    Myriam Berthelet
  • additional research
    Franca Gonzalez
  • supplementary footage
    Carole Laganière
    François Vincelette
  • location photographer
    Dominic Dorval
  • production assistant
    Perrine Bral
    Olga Maticevic
    Chris Niesing
    Rance Russo
  • sound editor
    Claude Beaugrand
  • dialog editing
    Francine Poirier
  • translation
    Jelena Popovic
    Vision Globale
  • technical support - editing
    Pierre Dupont
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
  • online editing
    Yannick Carrier
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • infographics
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • musician
    Luc Sicard
    Mélanie Auclair
    Andrew Czerny
  • music recording
    Luc Sicard
    Gaëtan Pilon
    FC Legault
    Carl Bastien
  • music mix
    Luc Sicard
  • copyright research
    Permission inc.
  • music clearances
    Permission inc.
  • marketing officer
    Tammy Peddle
  • None
    Geneviève Bérard
  • administrator
    Johanne Dubuc
    Sia Koukoulas
  • production coordinator
    Hélène Regimbal
  • administrative assistant
    Sophie Dupuis
    Lise Lévesque
  • technical coordinator
    Richard Cliche
  • delegate producer
    Mélanie Lasnier
  • producer
    Colette Loumède
  • director general
    Monique Simard

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Ages 16 to 18
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Ideal for essays and debates on memory and family history. What parallels is the filmmaker drawing between the various stories in her film? What is the filmmaker saying about memory with the story of her mother’s dementia? Trace the history of your family back three generations. Identify the gaps in this history. Write a story about an imaginary long-lost relative. Tell the story of an absence in your life visually or in writing.

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