LE CHANT DES ÉTOILES
76 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2016Directed byNadine Beaudet
Produced byNadine Beaudet, Christian Mathieu Fournier (Les Vues du fleuve)
LanguageFrench
The film examines the universal values associated with our origins and affiliations, family, memory and transmission as well as the greatness of the universe.
Film details
Synopsis
Astronomy meets music in a poetic tale. Our time on Earth is fleeting when we compare it to the lifespan of a star, which can be counted in billions of years. But human life bears a greatness of another nature. We can love, give birth to children, learn to play music, laugh and dream.
Credits
Script and Direction : Nadine Beaudet
Direction of Photography : Christian Mathieu Fournier
Editing : René Roberge
Sound Design : Benoit Dame
Sound Mixing : Bruno Bélanger
Sound Recording : Nadine Beaudet
Visual Effects : Élise Simard
Production : Nadine Beaudet, Christian Mathieu Fournier (Les Vues du fleuve)
Financial Partners
Conseil des Arts du Canada
Conseil des Arts et des lettres du Québec
ACIC
SPIRA
SODEC
ONF
PRIM
Direction
Nadine Beaudet
Nadine Beaudet has always love the countryside and enjoyed going on journeys in search of adventure and discovering. She's interested in the relationships that people have with their real and imaginary worlds. Her first feature film, Le Cosaque et la gitane (2012), received the Prix Pierre-et-Yolande-Perrault at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (2013). In 2016 she released a documentary, Le Chant des étoiles, creating an encounter between astronomy and music, which was selected at the Festival international du film documentaire in Cévennes (France). Filmography La maison des Syriens (2018 / 80 min) Le chant des étoiles (2016 / 77 min) Ces hommes de passage (2015 / 7 min) Le cosaque et la gitane (2012 / 77 min)