DIALOGUE BETWEEN HER AND ME

A film by Simon Roberge

Director

Simon Roberge

Production

Simon Roberge

Languages

French, English

Year

2018

12 min, Documentary, Canada, 2.0

Ginette Lafontaine is a 70-year-old painter. As she presents her different paintings, we see many of her important life moments through these. Moments, that have been highly marked by mental health disorder issues. Her tormented journey is presented and we see how art and painting were a turning point for her.

Ginette Lafontaine is a 70-year-old painter. As she presents her different paintings, we see many of her important life moments through these. Moments, that have been highly marked by mental health disorder issues. Her tormented journey is presented and we see how art and painting were a turning point for her.

Writting: Simon Roberge

Cinematography: Catherine Auger

Photography: Samantha Neboschizkij

Editing: Étienne Laberge, Simon Roberge

Sound: Anthony Dubé

Sound Design: Simon Roberge

Sound Mix: Tim Horlor

Production: Éveline Auger, Simon Roberge

Protagonist: Ginette Lafontaine

Simon Roberge

Graduated in 2019 from the film production program at Concordia University in Montreal, Simon Roberge dedicated all of his studies to cinema. During his formation, he has developed his writing and sound recording skill, but most importantly his directing skill. To this day, his body of work mainly concentrated on the documentary portrait form. His firs short, Dialogue Between Her and Me (2018) has been screened at the Festival du Nouveau cinema, the Festival Regard sur le court-métrage and also the festival Les Percéides in Gaspésie. These days, he is working on different documentaries and fictions projects.     Filmography    Dialogue Between Her and Me, 2018, 12:25, Documentary