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
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
The 22nd FICM Awarded the Best of its Official Selection and Impulso Morelia 10 10 · 25 · 24 Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24 The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24 The Documentary LAS AMAZONAS DE YAXUNAH Premieres at the 22nd FICM 10 · 25 · 24
Alfonso Cuarón Presents a Film that Shaped Him at the 22nd FICM: JONÁS WHO WILL BE 25 IN THE YEAR 2000 10 · 25 · 24
The Vindication of a Great Artist: Interview with Eva Aridjis Fuentes, Director of ADIÓS CABALLOS: THE MANY LIVES OF Q LAZZARUS (2024) 10 · 25 · 24
