Director
Christine Doyon
Production
La Fête
Language
French
Year
2021
17 min, Fiction, Canada, 5.1
When her intellectually disabled sister enters the after school program at her school, a young teen struggles to keep her worlds appart.
Margot, a pre-teen who struggles to find acceptance at school is challenged by the arrival of her intellectually disabled sister in the after-school program. Margot initially struggles to keep her worlds separated but an event soon leads her to re-evaluate her position.
Script: Christine Doyon
Cinematography: Jonathan Décoste, CSC
Editing: Christine Doyon
Sound Design: Pierre-Jules Audet
Sound Mix: Mario Brillon
Music: Samuel Laflamme
Sound: Matt R. Sherman
Cast: Maïsanne Bourdeau, Sasha Bergeron, Tiffany Choinière, Annick Gamache, Noa Lottinville, Léanne Levasseur, Rosanne Larochelle, Noam Caron, Jérémy Robert, David Buyle, Maude Dubé
Christine Doyon
Writer, Director and editor, Christine Doyon has a Baccalaureat in “Histoire de l’art” and Cinema at the UQAM. In 2012, her first documentary feature film Au Revoir ma Lou was selected at the Rendez Vous du Cinema Quebecois. In 2014, Christine completes her second documentary feature Bienvenue chez Nous, a selection at Le Festival des Films du monde. In 2020, her third documentary feature Traces of Hope, which follows young refugies from Syria through the creation of a stop motion film, is presented at Le Festival des Films sur l’Art de Montreal. Deriving from her direct cinema influences, Christine is mostly interested by inspiring human stories of resilience. Margot’s Sister is her first work of fiction.
Margot’s Sister, 17 min, Fiction, 2021
Traces of Hope, 50 min, Documentary, 2019
Bienvenue chez nous, 52 min, Documentary, 2014
Au revoir ma Lou, 78 min, Documentary, 2012