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Alphée des étoiles

2012 1 h 22 min
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Ce long métrage documentaire suit Alphée, une fillette atteinte d’une maladie génétique rare. Quand, par intuition, ses parents refusent son entrée dans une école spécialisée, toute la petite famille part s’installer en Europe pendant une année. Son papa, le cinéaste Hugo Latulippe, en profite alors pour favoriser les apprentissages de sa petite fée. Émouvante déclaration d’amour d’un père à sa fille, ce film relève aussi d’un pari, celui de voler un an à la vie et de renverser le cours des choses.

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Ce long métrage documentaire suit Alphée, une fillette atteinte d’une maladie génétique rare. Quand, par intuition, ses parents refusent son entrée dans une école spécialisée, toute la petite famille part s’installer en Europe pendant une année. Son papa, le cinéaste Hugo Latulippe, en profite alors pour favoriser les apprentissages de sa petite fée. Émouvante déclaration d’amour d’un père à sa fille, ce film relève aussi d’un pari, celui de voler un an à la vie et de renverser le cours des choses.

  • participant
    Alphée Waridel-Latulippe
    Hugo Latulippe
    Colin Waridel-Latulippe
    Laure Waridel
  • script
    Hugo Latulippe
  • direction
    Hugo Latulippe
  • editing
    Annie Jean
  • images
    Hugo Latulippe
    Philippe Lavalette
  • original music
    Alain Auger
  • location sound
    Hugo Latulippe
    Alain Auger
  • sound design
    Alain Auger
    Luc Raymond
  • delegate producer
    Isabelle Couture
    Maryse Chapdelaine
    Mélanie Lasnier
  • producer
    Éric De Gheldere
    Hugo Latulippe
    Colette Loumède
  • assistant to the director
    Raphaëlle Brenuchon
    Isabelle Couture
  • research
    Hugo Latulippe
    Raphaëlle Brenuchon
  • participation
    Paris Alves
    Marion Beney
    Simon Colomb
    Charlotte Delley
    Anastasia Dervey
    Tiffany Egandi
    Rayan El Maliki
    Noah Fonjallaz
    Ryan Gerber
    Robin Hassler
    Jérémy Hofmann
    Maude Jordan
    Sarah Platel
    Éloïse Poget
    Nicole Spycher
    Jacqueline Fraefel
    Muriel Cherpillod Vernier
    Marlise Kämpfer
    Zoya Stoyanova Koleva
    Ludovic Fleury
    Roman Fleury
    Manon Duhamel
    Jean-Maurice Latulippe
    Khalil Ashtiani
    Luka Davies
    Zélia Deviaene-Jurdant
    Hélia Fortin-Caron
    Lily Gaudreau
    Marika Kuling
    Isaë Roy
    Catherine Gerbelli
  • interviews
    Magnus Isacsson
  • supplementary footage
    Raphaëlle Brenuchon
    Laure Waridel
  • post-production management
    Isabelle Couture
  • assistant editor
    Ariane Pétel-Despots
  • editor of the short versions
    Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
  • post-production studio
    Post-Moderne
  • colorist
    Julien Alix
  • online editing
    Guillaume Pelletier
  • smoke artist
    Guillaume Pelletier
  • None
    Line Lussier
    Marie-Pier Favreau
    Anne-Marie Bousquet
    Geneviève Bérard
    Francis Bélanger
    Post-Moderne
    Jean-Denis Olharan
    Nadège Rousseau
    Marie-Soleil Gaudette
    Elaine Bigras
    Sylvain Ouellette
  • dialog editing
    Luc Raymond
  • sound mixing
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • additional mixing
    Daniel Toussaint
  • coordination
    Anders Arben
  • foley effects
    Simon Meilleur
  • post-sync effects recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • marketing officer
    François Jacques
  • administrator
    Johanne Dubuc
    Sia Koukoulas
  • production coordinator
    Hélène Regimbal
  • administrative assistant
    Lise Lévesque
  • technical coordinator
    Richard Cliche
  • musician
    Alain Auger
    Guido Del Fabbro
    Josh Zubot
    Jean René
    Émilie Girard-Charest
    Nicolas Caloia
    Mathieu Gagné
    Didier Dumoutier
  • music recording
    Alain Auger
  • music mix
    Alain Auger
  • transcripts
    Semantikos
  • revision
    Danielle Pitre
  • correction
    Danielle Pitre
  • rights acquisition
    Isabelle Couture
  • legal counsel
    Stéphane Moraille
    Remy Khouzam
  • administration
    Jean-Denis Olharan
    Nadège Rousseau

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Education

Ages 12 to 16
School subjects
Alphée’s father’s letters provide a framework for the story; discuss the message of each entry. What can we learn about ourselves by watching Alphée’s journey? Notice that Alphée mentions Neverland right before her time in the classroom (63:45–68:30). How can school be seen as Neverland? What does Alphée have “that our world is missing” (71:15)? How do fellow students benefit because she is in the classroom with them?
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