DIALOGUE BETWEEN HER AND ME
12 min., documentary, Québec, Canada, 2018Directed bySimon Roberge
Produced bySimon Roberge
LanguagesFrench, English
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.
Film details
Synopsis
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.
Crédits
Written and Directed by : Simon Roberge
Cinematography : Catherine Auger
Photography : Samantha Neboschizkij
Editing :Étienne Laberge, Simon Roberge
Sound : Anthony Dubé
Sound Design :Simon Roberge
Sound Mix : Tim Horlor
Produced by : Éveline Auger, Simon Roberge
With Ginette Lafontaine
Direction
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