FACING EMPTINESS
28 min, fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2007Directed byAlbéric Aurtenèche
Produced byMetafilms
LanguageFrench
Film details
Synopsis
On her way to see a show outside of Montreal, a young woman suddenly changes direction. A man is getting ready to commit a radical act. What brings them together is a large colorful tropical motel, ancient and empty. Only time separates them.
Credits
Script and Direction : Albéric Aurtenèche
Co – Writer : Julie Gravel
Photography : Ian Lagarde
Art Direction : Olivier Laberge
Sound : Dominic Chartrand et Patrice Leblanc
Editing : Isabelle Malenfant
Music : Antoine Bédard, aka Montag
Production : Sylvain Corbeil, Pascal Bascaron
With : Catherine De Léan, Sébastien Delorme, Nico Gagnon
Financial Partners
SODEC
ONF
Vision Globale
Crédit d’impôt du Canada
Hotel Motel Coconut
Direction
Albéric Aurtenèche
Born in Paris, Albéric Aurtenèche grew up in Montreal. After studying the Visual Arts in his native city, he obtained a Master in Film Production from Concordia University. He first worked in the experimental field before getting into fiction, and is now interested in the whole scope of the moving image, without limits of genre, technique, or exhibition apparatus.