Canadian premiere

Stand out of my sunlight

Ôte-toi de mon soleil

Joseph is an elderly man with Diogenes syndrome, a compulsive hoarding habit that causes him to overfill his apartment. The director, Messaline, helps Joseph clean and takes this opportunity to get to know him—not only through their conversations but through his accumulated objects and stratified memories of the years spent in this apartment. This film about memory, identity, and ostracism revolves around the budding and delicate friendship between Joseph and Messaline.

Directed by

Messaline Raverdy

2023 | 48 min | French (s.t. English)

Featured selections

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (Durham)
FESTIVAL DEI POPOLI (Florence)

Filmmaker’s country : Belgium
Country of filming : Belgium

*The screening will be followed by a discussion with filmmaker Kamila Kuc and Christine Chevalier-Caron.

Trained as a historian and sociologist, Christine Chevalier-Caron is head of research at Exeko. She is interested in the construction, deconstruction and reconstruction of historical narrative. Through this process, she questions mechanisms of exclusion and inclusion, as well as representations and their impact on social relationships. Christine currently leads research-creation projects in which she uses the arts to convey the voices of groups excluded or stereotyped by the dominant narrative. In addition to her work at Exeko, Christine teaches history at Collège Ahuntsic and Université du Québec à Montréal.