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Thanadoula

2020 6 min
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Superposant des aspects de la vie réelle et des éléments de magie surnaturelle, Thanadoula relate l’histoire d’une femme que la perte de sa sœur bien-aimée amène à devenir doula de fin de vie.

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Deux sœurs unies par un amour indéfectible. Quand Annie disparaît, sa cadette Natalie tente de la retrouver d’une façon peu ordinaire : elle devient thanadoula, accompagnante de personnes en fin de vie. Au fil des respirations lentes et laborieuses de ses patients, Natalie trouve un pont entre la vie et la mort, une voie la reliant enfin à sa sœur.

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  • writer
    Robin McKenna
  • director
    Robin McKenna
  • participation
    Natalie Eskenazy
    Gabor Maté
  • art direction
    Élise Simard
  • compositing
    Élise Simard
  • rotoscopy
    Sharron Mirsky
  • animation
    Sharron Mirsky
  • visual development
    Daniel Gies
  • animatic
    Daniel Gies
  • digital backgounds
    Daniel Gies
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • music
    Rebecca Foon
  • musician
    Daniel Gies
    Rebecca Foon
  • music recording
    Pietro Amato
  • music mix
    Pietro Amato
  • sound mixer
    Isabelle Lussier
  • editing
    Sharron Mirsky
    Élise Simard
  • additional editing
    Terra Long
    Nicolas Renaud
  • camera
    Mark Morgenstern
  • technical director
    Éloi Champagne
  • online editing
    Serge Verreault
  • titles
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • None
    Mélanie Bouchard
  • technical coordination
    Randall Finnerty
    Luc Binette
    Maud Chayer
  • studio administrator
    Rosalina Di Sario
  • senior production coordinator
    Dominique Forget
  • studio coordinator
    Faisal Moula
    Barry Ahmad
  • French translation
    Daphné B.
  • marketing
    Melissa Wheeler
  • marketing coordinator
    Michelle Rozon
  • media relation
    Jennifer Mair
  • producer
    Robin McKenna
    Jelena Popovic
  • executive producer
    Michael Fukushima

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