FROM PRISONS TO PRISONS

85 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2014
Directed bySteve Patry
Produced bySteve Patry
LanguageFrench

Short descriptionEvery month in Quebec, hundreds of detainees gain their freedom after serving their sentences. What happens to these detainees once released? And what freedom do they find on the other side of the bars?

Film subjects Health , Psychology , Society , The Americas

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Le cinéaste a su établir des liens de confiance avec ses sujets, qui s'expriment candidement, en les filmant à une distance respectueuse qui leur permet de préserver leur dignité. Métro En suivant le parcours de ces québécois sur une période de trois ans, le réalisateur a insufflé une bonne dose d'humanité à Julie-Chantale, Jean-François et Yves. La Presse

Film details

Synopsis
From prisons to prisons documents the life of different ex-cons who are trying to reintegrate society. From the small recidivist thief, to the drug dealer, to the person who committed homicide, this documentary provides an opportunity for different ex-cons to speak about their precarious day-to-day, their uncertain future and troubled past. Straight forward, without artifice, complacency or voyeurism, the film reflects this fragile moment when the hope of a new beginning can turn to the best or the worst.

Credits
Direction : Steve Patry

Script : Steve Patry and Santiago Bertolino

Direction of photography : Steve Patry

Editing : Diego Briceno

Sound Design : René Portillo

Music : Serge Nakauchi Pelletier

Sound : Nicolas Goyette

Sound Mixing : Serge Boivin

Production : Steve Patry (Les films de l’autre)

Financial Partners

SODEC

Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec

PRIM

Direction

Steve Patry

Steve Patry is a documentary director whose works have a deep social aim. His first feature, From Prisons to Prisons (2014), documents the life of different ex-cons who are trying to reintegrate society. The film received a special mention from the jury at RIDM and a Jutra Award nomination for Best Documentary. Waseskun (2016), which portrays the daily life of an alternative house for Aboriginal men, was nominated for Best Feature Length Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards. I Might Be Dead By Tomorrow (2020), which sheds light on Montreal front-line workers working hard to provide appropriate care to the most vulnerable citizens in our society, received a nomination at the Gala Québec Cinéma for Best Documentary Film. These Wild Cats is his fourth feature film.

Filmography

THESE WILD CATS, 77 min, Documentary, 2024
I MIGHT BE DEAD BY TOMORROW, 75 min, Documentary, 2020
WASESKUN, 81 min, Documentary, 2016
FROM PRISONS TO PRISONS, 85 min, Documentary, 2014