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Spotlight on Quebec cinema
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| Sunday, 10 April 2022 | 10:00 | La Maison du Cinéma |
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Spotlight on Quebec cinema
presented by Hydro-Québec
Free screening.
With Marcel Sabourin, Benoit Brière, Élise Guibault and Dorothée Berryman
After the screening, the director and actor Benoit Brière, and Dr. Jean-François Chicoine, writer and producer of the film, will discuss with the audience. Hosted by Dr Mélissa Généreux.
Montreal, a multigenerational house loaded with books, paintings and knick-knacks, so many memories revived on the evening of one last Christmas Eve. Luc, a retired pediatrician and teacher in his eighties, lives with his son François, a pediatrician like his father, and François’ wife Esther. Suffering and physically diminished, the old man has now decided to end his life. In a corrosive and sensitive verbal joust, he asks his son to end his days in privacy. The son then takes him on an existential and circus-like journey through the streets of Montreal where the father is supposed to go to his final destination, a hospital where he will be confronted with his ultimate wish: the choice between the finality of medical aid to die or a return to square one, the small pleasures of what remains of his life, alive.
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Benoît Brière Réalisateur
A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, Benoît Brière is an actor, director, producer and artistic director. Producer of "Ténor recherché", "La cage aux folles", "La puce à l'oreille", "Le combat des chefs", "Les Trois Ténors", "Oscar" and "Broue". He was the art director on notable plays such as "Silence en coulisses", "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme", "Le Nozze di Figaro", "Don Giovanni and Gianni Schicchi". His acting credits include "Oscar et la dame en rose", "La Grande Séduction", "L’Âge des ténèbres" and "La Chute de l’Empire Américain". The short film "Dying Alive" is his first foray into filmmaking.
Will attend:
- Sunday, 10 April 2022 | 10:00 - La Maison du Cinéma
Jean-François Chicoine Pédiatre et scénariste
Jean-François Chicoine is a pediatrician at the CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal where he has been practicing for 35 years while initiating various international health projects in several orphanages around the world. He is an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal, a distinguished lecturer in Quebec and in the French-speaking world, and the recipient of numerous awards. He is the author of several publications, essays, documentaries and advocate for children in the areas of attachment, schooling, adolescence and family. Passionate about the interface between culture and science, his career as an educator, author and media…
Will attend:
- Sunday, 10 April 2022 | 10:00 - La Maison du Cinéma