GORDON SHEPPARD OU L’ART DE BIEN MOURIR
86 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2011Directed byFrancine Pelletier
Produced byMotsjo Films
LanguagesFrench, English
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Synopsis
An unflinching look at the last days of a man’s life, the film chronicles Montreal writer, filmmaker and photographer Gordon Sheppard in the last year of his battle with prostate cancer. Far from being a grim encounter, the film offers a revealing look at a very unusual man, trying to turn his dying days into a work of art, as well as an intimate look at what it means to die.
Credit
Script ans direction : Francine Pelletier
Editing : Dominique Champagne
Photography : François Beauchemin et Carlos Ferrand
Sound Recording : Catherine Van Der Donckt
Music : Keith Thomas
Sound Editing : Paul Gauthier
Sound Mixing : Bruno Bélanger
Production : Motsjo Films
Financial Partners
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
SODEC
PRIM
Direction
Francine Pelletier
Francine Pelletier is a journalist, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the feminist newspaper La Vie en rose. She has been writing and directing documentaries since 2001, among which Monsieur (2003), a documentary on the former prime minister Jacques Parizeau, Baise Majesté (2004), a documentary series on woman and sexuality, La Femme qui ne se voyait plus aller (2007), focusing the former CEO of Cinar Micheline Charest, et Babine: la fabrication du grandiose (2008), a making-of Babine de Luc Picard and Fred Pellerin's film. Filmography La Croisée des chemins (2013 / 65 min) La revanche du tango (2012 / 70 min) Gordon Sheppard ou l'art de bien mourir (2011 / 86 min) Le cosaque de la rue St-Urbain (2010) Mes soeurs musulmanes (2009 / 68 min) La femme qui ne se voyait plus aller (2008) Baise Majesté (2005) Monsieur (2003 / 52 min)