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D'où je viens

2014 1 h 18 min
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Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le cinéaste Claude Demers revisite le quartier populaire où il a grandi pour y interroger le mystère de ses origines. Dans cette chronique intime, son parcours se mêle à celui de deux jeunes garçons en âge de découvrir le monde. La ville de Verdun et le fleuve Saint-Laurent constituent la toile de fond de ce récit d’apprentissage et de ce voyage introspectif. Alliant réalisme à lyrisme, ce film est une œuvre libre, aussi humaine que poétique.

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D'où je viens

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Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le cinéaste Claude Demers revisite le quartier populaire où il a grandi pour y interroger le mystère de ses origines. Dans cette chronique intime, son parcours se mêle à celui de deux jeunes garçons en âge de découvrir le monde. La ville de Verdun et le fleuve Saint-Laurent constituent la toile de fond de ce récit d’apprentissage et de ce voyage introspectif. Alliant réalisme à lyrisme, ce film est une œuvre libre, aussi humaine que poétique.

This work deals with mature subject matter. Viewer discretion is advised.
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  • participation
    Cédric Joyal
    Bastien-Xavier Landry-Miron
    Janie-Luc Beauchamp-Francoeur
    Gaby Bruno
    Karl Fontaine
    Esther Hageman
    Hopeton Morris
    Benoit Poirier
    Serge Poirier
    Pavel Pugachev
  • research
    Claude Demers
  • writing
    Claude Demers
  • direction
    Claude Demers
  • picture
    Jean-Pierre St-Louis
    Nicolas Canniccioni
  • editing
    Alexandre Leblanc
  • location sound
    Sylvain Vary
  • sound editing
    Claude Beaugrand
  • supplementary footage
    Claude Demers
    Alexandre Leblanc
  • additional sound
    Marcel Chouinard
    Mélanie Gauthier
    Richard Lavoie
    Olivier Léger
    Simon Plouffe
  • None
    Doris Lapierre
    Isabelle Potvin
    Michel Giroux
    François Senneville
    Claude Duchaîne
    Paul Hurteau
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Catherine Benoît
    Geneviève Bérard
  • production assistant
    Agnès Falquet
    Marie-Ève Grignon
    Étienne Hansez
    Ian Jaquier
    France Lareau
    Isabel Mohn
    Shane Smith
  • editing assistant
    Ariane Pétel-Despots
  • dialog editing
    Francine Poirier
  • car grip
    Bertrand Dupuis
  • technical coordinator - shooting equipment
    Steve Hallé
  • technical support - editing
    Pierre Dupont
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
  • translation
    Vision Globale
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • infographics
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • narration
    Claude Demers
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • original music
    Alexandre Corbeil
    Gabriel Dharmoo
  • musician
    Alexandre Corbeil
    Gabriel Dharmoo
  • music recording
    Jean-François Blouin
  • marketing officer
    François Jacques
  • administrator
    Sia Koukoulas
    Johanne Dubuc
  • production coordinator
    Hélène Regimbal
  • administrative assistant
    Perrine Bral
    Sophie Dupuis
    Lise Lévesque
  • technical coordinator
    Richard Cliche
  • delegate producer
    Mélanie Lasnier
  • producer
    Colette Loumède

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Education

Ages 14 to 18
School subjects
Civics/Citizenship - Citizen Responsibilities Family Studies/Home Economics - Family Diversity and Challenges Health/Personal Development - Identity

Ideal for projects on social studies and memoir writing. What is the filmmaker trying to say about his past and our relationship to the past? Discuss the value of education in and outside of the classroom. Write a poem/memoir about your past and your favourite places growing up. What do you want to remember? What won’t you forget? Interview your parents or grandparents about how things have changed where they live and what traditions have been lost.

D'où je viens
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