MTL PUNK : THE FIRST WAVE
45 min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2011Directed byÉrik Cimon & Alain Cliche
Produced byYanick Létourneau
LanguagesFrench, English
MTL Punk : The First Wave gives a voice to those who lived the birth of the punk movement in Montreal in the ‘70s.
Film details
Synopsis
When the punk movement reached Montreal in 1977, it ignited the passions of a handful of young people who were forever changed by it. Thirty years later, some of the players from this momentous time give a surprisingly frank account of their experiences at this key period in their lives—the music and the drugs, as well as a burning need to do things differently. The film includes rare archival footage of the Montreal punk scene and features the music of the earliest local punk bands : The 222s, The Normals, The Chromosomes and The Electric Vomit.
Credits
Direction : Érik Cimon and Alain Cliche
Screenplay : Érik Cimon and Alain Cliche
Image : Stéphanie Weber Biron et Nicolas Canniccioni
Editing : Alexandre Lachance
Sound mixing: Benoit Coallier
Sound recording : Daniel Fontaine-Bégin, Michel Pinault, Stéphane Barsalou, Arnaud Derimay, Michel Lecoufle
Production : Yanick Létourneau (Périphéria)
Financial partners
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Conseil des arts du Canada
SODEC
NFB
SPIRA.FILM
Direction
Érik Cimon
Érik Cimon has directed many award winning music videos, television commercials and short fiction films. He wrote and directed many documentaries and documentary series for television. In 2006, he co-directed the documentary series Les Citadins du rebut global that won the Gemeaux Award for Best Directing. In 2011, he released the critically acclaimed independant documentary Mtl Punk : The First Wave. Montréal New Wave (2016) is his first documentary feature.
Filmography
MONTRÉAL NEW WAVE, 92 min, 2016
LA FACE CACHÉE DE LA VIANDE, 41 min, 2012
MTL PUNK: LA PREMIÈRE VAGUE, 46 min, 2011
LE RIGODON, 15 min, 2011
THE CELLO, 20 min, 2006
NEXT, 14 min, 2003
Alain Cliche
Born in France in 1963, Alain Cliche moves to Canada that year. During the ‘80s, he works as a DJ at radio stations and clubs, including the Foufounes Électriques in Montréal. From 1986 to 1990, Communications BA at l’Université Laval (Québec City). From 1990 to 1995, he works as an advertising copy writer for various companies in Montréal and Québec City. In 1996, he abandons advertising for a scriptwriter course at l’INIS . His short film — La pesanteur de l’air (The Weight of Air)— wins a special jury prize at the Yorkton Film Festival, Sakatchewan, in 1997. From 1997 to 2000, he develops several film projects, including a feature film about his turbulent teenage years and a documentary on the advertising industry, both scripts financed by SODEC . In 2002, he starts writing a novel — Accro vinyle.In 2003, he starts developing — with Érik Cimon — the Quebec Punk documentary project. In October 2006, Accro vinyle is published by Éditions Trois-Pistoles Publishing. He receives numerous favorable critics from the print and electronic press. In January 2007, he starts writing his second novel, an adaptation from his adolescent period script; it will also be published by Éditions Trois-Pistoles in 2009.