2003 | Color | 101 min Gérard owes his life to an undone shoelace. As a former reporter and Anonymous Alcoholic, he has finally come back to live in Hochelaga, the working-class neighbourhood where he grew up. Through a series of minor mishaps, he comes home one night just a few minutes after the whole building explodes. There are six casualties in the fire. The questions which torment him are the following: why did his neighbours die and not him? Is there any sense to this event? Does life itself have any meaning? To answer them, Gérard rummages through the victims? past. His investigation leads him from Hochelaga, Outremont, and Maniwaki to the coast of St. Jean Port-Joli Country: Canadá Direction: Emond; Bernard Script: Emon; Bernard Production: Payeu; Bernadette Photography: St Loui; Jean-pierre Sound: Boudrias; Luc, Allard; Martin, Brochu; Hugo, Chouinard; Marcel Music: Marcel Lepage; Robert Cast:Picard; Luc, Tremblay; Guylaine, Lavallée; Diane, Boies; Markita, Bernard; Micheline, Castonguay; Lise, Bilodeau; Vincent, Mallette; Fanny, Agostini; Alexandrine, Drolet; Patrick Participation year at FICM: 2003
2003 | Color | 101 min Gérard owes his life to an undone shoelace. As a former reporter and Anonymous Alcoholic, he has finally come back to live in Hochelaga, the working-class neighbourhood where he grew up. Through a series of minor mishaps, he comes home one night just a few minutes after the whole building explodes. There are six casualties in the fire. The questions which torment him are the following: why did his neighbours die and not him? Is there any sense to this event? Does life itself have any meaning? To answer them, Gérard rummages through the victims? past. His investigation leads him from Hochelaga, Outremont, and Maniwaki to the coast of St. Jean Port-Joli Country: Canadá Direction: Emond; Bernard Script: Emon; Bernard Production: Payeu; Bernadette Photography: St Loui; Jean-pierre Sound: Boudrias; Luc, Allard; Martin, Brochu; Hugo, Chouinard; Marcel Music: Marcel Lepage; Robert Cast:Picard; Luc, Tremblay; Guylaine, Lavallée; Diane, Boies; Markita, Bernard; Micheline, Castonguay; Lise, Bilodeau; Vincent, Mallette; Fanny, Agostini; Alexandrine, Drolet; Patrick Participation year at FICM: 2003
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The Third Issue of FÓSFORO UNAM DIGITAL MAGAZINE OF FILM CRITICS Was Presented at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25
Nuria Ibáñez on EL GUARDIÁN and How Cinema Helps Us Think About What’s Foreign to Us at the 23rd FICM 10 · 13 · 25
“The Process is the Only Part of Cinema That's Ours”: Elisa Miller Presents BITÁCORA DE DIRECCIÓN DE TEMPORADA DE HURACANES 10 · 13 · 25
