Film details

Synopsis
While travelling the roads of the Quebec countryside, one often sees off-beat structures and fabulous installations. These curious constructions are the work of local people who, even with no artistic training, are compelled by an almost-visceral desire to create. This film shows us the work and everyday life of three such artists. Harshly judged by their compatriots, they face the devastating reality of living on the fringe of a society that seeks to ostracize them at all cost.

Credits

Director : Pascale Ferland

inspired by a screenplay of Pascale Ferland and Valérie Rousseau in collaboration with la Société des arts indisciplinés

Directior of photography : François Vincelette

Sound : Pierre Bertrand

Editor : René Roberge

Sound Editor : Martin Allard Hugo Brochu Marie-Eve Livernoche

Music : Éric Morin

Producer : Sylvain L’Espérance

Financial partners

SODEC

ONF

Le Fonds canadien du film et de la vidéo indépendants

Société des arts indisciplinés – Fonds Jeunesse Québec

Musée québécois de culture populaire

Direction

Pascale Ferland

While studying visual arts at university, Pascale Ferland directed several art films, which earned her a few academic prizes .Her first feature film, Something like immortality (2003) was nominated for the Jura of the best documentary. She then founded the production company Qui Vivra Verra Films, in order to produce her own films, like L'Arbre aux branches coupées (2005) which was shot in Russia. After the bankruptcy of the independent film distibutor Cinema Libre in 2005, she fouded with other filmmakers Les Films du 3 mars, which distributes documentaries and arthouse films. She directed Adagio pour un gars en bicycle (2008), which was – like her other films – very well received by critics and was selected in many national and international film festivals. In 2007 she received the « Victor-Martyn-Lynch-Staunton » award, rewarding the exceptional quality of her productions..