Director
Catherine Martin
Production
Les Films de l'Autre
Language
French
115 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2017
Seven portraits and seven ways of being present to the world.
Synopsis
Seven portraits of people who present themselves at work and in daily life. Seven ways of being present to the world. People who are exceptional because they are like everyone else.
Credits
Script, Direction, Photography, Editing : Catherine Martin
Sound Editing : Martin Allard et Simon Gervais
Sound Mixing : Bruno Bélanger
Production : Les Films de l’Autre
Financial partners
Conseil des arts et des lettre du Québec
SODEC
Aide au Cinéma Indépendant Canadien (ACIC)
PRIM
Les Films de L’Autre
Catherine Martin
Catherine Martin was born in Québec. She writes and directs all her films, fictions as well as documentaries. Her films have been shown at numerous international festivals (Berlin, Toronto, Oberhausen, Nyon, Buenos Aires, Karlovy Vary, etc.) and won awards in Canada and abroad. Since 2017, she has done her own camerawork, sound recording and picture editing, acting as a producer and director of her documentary essays.
In Praise of Shadows, 86 min, Documentary, 2023
Some of my Friends , 115 min, Documentary, 2017
A Young Girl, 85 min, Fiction, 2013
Of Time and Water, 2 min, Experimental, 2011
Three Times After Anna’s Death, 87 min, Fiction, 2010
Quand j’aurai vu les îles, 14 min, Fiction, 2010
Alice, 1 min, Fiction, 2007
In the Cities, 87 min, Fiction, 2006
The Spirit of Places, 84 min, Documentary, 2006
Ocean, 50 min, Documentary, 2002
Marriages, 95 min, Fiction, 2001
The Ladies of the 9th Floor, 50 min, Documentary, 1998
Weekends, 30 min, Fiction, 1995
The Shadow, 15 min, Fiction, 1992
African Nights, 48 min, Fiction, 1990
Odile or Reminiscences of a Journey, 23 min, Fiction, 1985