Director
Philippe Lesage
Production
Bruno Guay, Philippe Lesage (Pourrons-nous vivre ensemble)
Languages
French, English
82 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2010
Synopsis
Within the walls of the Hotel-Dieu in Montreal, Philippe Lesage discretely documents the special relationship that forms between patient and caregiver, highlighting the vulnerability of the individuals facing disease and the dedication of those responsible to appease both the distress, as well as the pain, of the afflicted.
Credits
Script: Philippe Lesage
Editing : Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Cinematography : Philippe Lesage
Sound : Claude Langlois
Production : Bruno Guay, Philippe Lesage (Pourrons-nous vivre ensemble)
Financial Partners
SODEC
Philippe Lesage
After completing degrees at McGill University in literature and at the European Film College in Denmark, Philippe Lesage directs his first feature film in 2006, Can We Live Together?, a documentary about the sociologist Alain Touraine and the Parisian suburb crisis. From 2008 to 2009, he returns to the European Film College to teach documentary. Meanwhile, he directs two other documentary features: How Can You Tell If The Little Fish Are Happy?, and The Heart That Beats (2010). Selected at the RIDM (International Documentary Film Festival of Montreal) in 2010, The Heart That Beats is deemed to be the Best Canadian Feature and have the Most Promising Director. The film also wins the 2012 Jutra prize for the best full-length documentary. In May 2011, a retrospective of Philippe Lesage’s films, titled «Discover Lesage», is screened at the Cinémathèque québécoise. His first feature length fiction Les Démons(2015) was very well received by critics and won, among other awards, the prestigious Golden Gate New Director Prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2016.
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Copenhague A love Story , 100 min, Fiction, 2017
The Demons, 118 min, Fiction, 2015
Laylou 80 min, Documentary, 2012
The Heart That Beats, 82 min, Documentary, 2010
How Can You Tell If The Little Fish Are Happy?, 100 min, Documentary, 2009
Can We Live Together?, 80 min, Documentary, 2006