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FROM PRISONS TO PRISONS

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

Every 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
Regis du cinemas, general

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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 filmmaker whose works have a deep social aim. From prisons to prisons (2014), received a nomination for the Jutra Prize for best documentary feature film. Waseskun (2016), is nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Canadian Screen Awards. I might be dead by tomorrow (2020), received a nomination at the Gala Québec Cinéma for best documentary feature film. His most recent film, These Wild Cats, will be released soon.

 

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