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2014 1 h 14 min
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Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le cinéaste Pierre Goupil, atteint de troubles bipolaires, raconte son rapport difficile à la maladie et revient sur son cheminement d’artiste au sein d’une société qui accepte mal les marginaux. Le film célèbre la création, les liens sociaux et la liberté de l’individu face à tous les pouvoirs qui asservissent.

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Dans ce long métrage documentaire, le cinéaste Pierre Goupil, atteint de troubles bipolaires, raconte son rapport difficile à la maladie et revient sur son cheminement d’artiste au sein d’une société qui accepte mal les marginaux. Le film célèbre la création, les liens sociaux et la liberté de l’individu face à tous les pouvoirs qui asservissent.

  • participation
    Pierre Goupil
    Serge Lavoie
    Richard Brouillette
    Jacques Leduc
    Michel La Veaux
    Cécile Goupil
    François Dupuis
    Jérôme Savary
    François Harvey
    Serge Beaulieu
    Alain-Arthur Painchaud
    Paule Baillargeon
  • direction
    Pierre Goupil
    Rénald Bellemare
  • picture
    Rénald Bellemare
  • editing
    Michel Giroux
  • original music
    Jos Guitare
  • sound editing
    Catherine Van Der Donckt
  • location sound
    Marcel Fraser
    Rénald Bellemare
  • production assistant
    Sylvie Lapointe
    Agnès Falquet
  • 1st camera assistant
    Jean Berthiaume
    Ariel Méthot-Bellemare
  • technical support - editing
    Pierre Dupont
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
  • online editing
    Denis Pilon
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • None
    Benoît Dame
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Geneviève Bérard
    Theodora Kolovos
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • sound mixing
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • musician
    Alain Bourgeois
    Serge Lavoie
    Roberto Murray
    Steve Normandin
    Simon Pagé
  • music recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • music mix
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • marketing officer
    Tammy Peddle
  • administrator
    Sia Koukoulas
    Johanne Dubuc
  • administrative assistant
    Perrine Bral
    Sophie Dupuis
    Lise Lévesque
  • technical coordinator
    Richard Cliche
    Jean-François Laprise
  • delegate producer
    Mélanie Lasnier
  • producer
    Nathalie Cloutier
    Colette Loumède
  • executive producer
    Colette Loumède

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Ages 15 to 18
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Ideal for essays and debates on mental health and art. Research the artistic career of Pierre Goupil. Research the link between mental illness and creativity. Have students give presentations on famous artists who wrestled with mental illness. Use collage to create a portrait of an artist that depicts their personal life as well as their art. Find stories of how people with mental health issues manage today. What does society do to help them? What more could society do?

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