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MacPherson

2012 10 min
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Ce court métrage d'animation de Martine Chartrand (Âme noire) raconte le lien d'amitié tissé au Québec, vers 1933, entre Félix Leclerc et Frank Randolph Macpherson, un ingénieur-chimiste jamaïcain qui inspira au célèbre poète une chanson sur la drave. Entre fiction et documentaire, à travers des séquences porteuses d’Histoire et autour de la mise en images de la chanson, la cinéaste réalise une animation de peinture sur verre, évoquant avec délicatesse les sentiments qui auraient lié l’ingénieur et l’une des sœurs du poète.

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Ce court métrage d'animation de Martine Chartrand (Âme noire) raconte le lien d'amitié tissé au Québec, vers 1933, entre Félix Leclerc et Frank Randolph Macpherson, un ingénieur-chimiste jamaïcain qui inspira au célèbre poète une chanson sur la drave. Entre fiction et documentaire, à travers des séquences porteuses d’Histoire et autour de la mise en images de la chanson, la cinéaste réalise une animation de peinture sur verre, évoquant avec délicatesse les sentiments qui auraient lié l’ingénieur et l’une des sœurs du poète.

  • direction
    Martine Chartrand
  • research
    Martine Chartrand
  • script
    Martine Chartrand
  • animation
    Martine Chartrand
  • camera 35mm
    Martine Chartrand
  • editing
    Natacha Dufaux
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • original music
    Jean-François Dumas
    Luzio Altobelli
    Dominic Desrochers
  • pianist
    Erik Shoup
  • recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • sound effects creation
    Jérôme Décarie
    Daniel Bisson
    Bertrand Duranleau
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • support technician for 35mm camera
    Pierre Landry
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • digital imaging specialist
    Pierre Plouffe
    Susan Gourley
  • marketing officer
    François Jacques
  • administrator
    Diane Régimbald
  • administrative team
    Diane Ayotte
    Karine Desmeules
    Michèle Labelle
  • technical coordinator
    Julie Laperrière
  • delegate producer
    Francine Langdeau
  • executive producer
    Michèle Bélanger
    René Chénier
  • producer
    Marcel Jean
    Marc Bertrand

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Ages 14 to 18
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MacPherson is a study in two cultures coming together to create something entirely new. Ask students to consider the symbolic use of black and white (i.e., boxing match, chess set) in the film, as well as that of the recurring image of flowers. What is the significance of the final letter from Félix? What do we learn about his relationship with Frank, his feelings about music and the emotional challenges that come with friendship?
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