ACCOMPANYING CAMERAS AND FILMIC PROCESSES OF CARE

A NIGHT SONG

Original title : LE CHANT DE LA NUIT

By : Félix Lamarche
presented in collaboration with RIDM

2022 | 45 min | VOSTA
Country of origin of director : Québec, Canada
Country of production : Québec, Canada
Country of recording : Québec, Canada
SYNOPSIS :

A summer light penetrates through the interstices between the half-closed shutters, and casts its dappled shadows in Noëlla’s apartment, as she prepares to undergo physician-assisted dying. She is accompanied by Pierre, her caregiver, who looks after the daily necessities. Dense and diffuse, the last days of her life reveal the tight weave that links these seemingly infinitely repeated gestures to the ephemeral nature of our lives.

Selected at DOK Leipzig (2022) and RIDM (2022).

BIOGRAPHY : 

Félix Lamarche is an independent filmmaker exploring the possibilities of documentary practice. In 2017, he directed and produced his first feature documentary, Les terres lointaines, winner of the Pierre and Yolande Perrault Award. Since then, he has been working in both short and long format and is interested in both classical and experimental approaches to film language.

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Saturday May 6th, from 12H

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