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Oscar

2016 12 min
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Mélangeant séquences animées et extraits d’archives, Oscar est un portrait touchant du pianiste virtuose Oscar Peterson. Des débuts du jeune prodige de la Petite-Bourgogne à ses triomphes sur la scène internationale, ce documentaire de Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre aborde la profonde solitude de l’artiste constamment en tournée. Au son de sa musique tantôt entraînante, tantôt teintée de mélancolie, le film raconte avec émotion une vie dans le jazz.

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Mélangeant séquences animées et extraits d’archives, Oscar est un portrait touchant du pianiste virtuose Oscar Peterson. Des débuts du jeune prodige de la Petite-Bourgogne à ses triomphes sur la scène internationale, ce documentaire de Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre aborde la profonde solitude de l’artiste constamment en tournée. Au son de sa musique tantôt entraînante, tantôt teintée de mélancolie, le film raconte avec émotion une vie dans le jazz.

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Animation Communautés noires du Canada Portraits All channels
  • direction
    Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
  • animation
    Ehsan Gharib
    Brigitte Archambault
  • infographics
    Ehsan Gharib
  • drawings
    Brigitte Archambault
  • picture editing
    Oana Suteu Khintirian
  • rights acquisition
    Sylvia Mezei
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • None
    Stanley Péan
    Pierre Therrien
    François Godin
  • translation
    Julie Burroughs
  • sound effects creation
    Lise Wedlock
  • sound recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • sound mixer
    Serge Boivin
  • technical director
    Pierre Plouffe
  • production coordinator
    Michèle Labelle
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Lord
  • online editing
    Serge Verreault
  • administrator
    Diane Régimbald
  • administrative team
    Diane Ayotte
    Karine Desmeules
  • bookkeeper
    Benoit Gauthier
  • legal services
    Lussier & Khouzam
  • executive producer
    Julie Roy
  • producer
    Marc Bertrand
    Jocelyne Perrier
    Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre

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