PERDRE MARIO
84 min., Documentary, Québec, Canada, 2021Directed byCarl Leblanc
Produced byLuc Cyr | AD HOC Films Bis
LanguageFrench
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Synopsis
On May 22, 2015, Mario shot a bullet in his head. Committing one of 1200 suicides in Quebec that year, he left his family and friends with many questions and deep sadness, the very same one that assails anyone brutally left grieving by a volontary and irremediable departure. Mario was the best and longest friend of the filmmaker of this film. In this documentary, the latter describe and dissect what preceded Mario’s ultimate move, as well as demonstrate the dismay of his close group of friends. By extension, this is the narrative of a troubling experience that everyone of us has unfortunately been through or will go through.
Crew
Written and directed by Carl Leblanc
Cinematography : Alex Margineanu
Editing : Carl Leblanc, Sylvain Caron
Sound design and mix : Éric Tessier
Original score : Anthony Rozankovic
Sound : Stéphane Barsalou
Cast : Robert Lalonde
Direction
Carl Leblanc
Mid-90s, Carl Leblanc founds AD HOC FILMS. With his friend and colleague Luc Cyr, he produces and/or directs around fifteen documentaries including Canada by night (that won the Gémeaux du meilleur documentaire price in 1999), Le cœur d’Auschwitz (finalist for the Jutra 2011) and two docuseries including La boîte noire (the won the Gémeaux de la meilleure réalisation and the Gémeaux de la meilleure musique originale in 2003). For more than ten years, he navigates between documentary filmmaking (Nation : huits-clos avec Lucien Bouchard and Le commun des mortels) and novel writing (Le personnage secondaire, Artéfact, Fruits). Perdre Mario is his fourth feature length documentary.
Filmography
PERDRE MARIO, 2021, 82 minutes, documentary
LE COMMUN DES MORTELS, 2017, 82 minutes, documentary
ÊTRE AILLEURS: L’ANNÉE QUÉBÉCOISE DE M. JUPPÉ, 2016, 52 minutes, documentary
NATION: UN HUI-CLOS AVEC LUCIEN BOUCHARD, 2014, 83 minutes, documentary
LE CŒUR D’AUSCHWITZ, 2010, 85 minutes, documentary
DIEU ET NOUS, 2009, 4 X 52 minutes, docuseries
LES FEUX DE LA SAINT-JEAN, 2005, 54 minutes, documentary
L’OTAGE, 2004, 78 minutes, documentary
15 NOVEMBRE 76, 20h40, 2004, 54 minutes, documentary
THÉRÈSE ET ALBERT, 2003, 54 minutes, documentary
LA BOÎTE NOIRE, 2002 et 2005, 26 X 30 minutes, docuseries
LA FIN DU CANADA, 2002, 54 minutes, documentary
L’EAU À LA BOUCHE, 2001, 53 minutes, documentary
ARCHIVES DE L’ÂME, 2001, 54 minutes, documentary
LA BELLE PROVINCE, 2000, 54 minutes, documentary
MOURIR EN FRANCE, 2000, 54 minutes, documentary
MON FRÈRE RICHARD, 1999, 54 minutes, documentary
CANADA BY NIGHT, 1999, 54 minutes, documentary
LE CHEMIN DU ROY, 1997, 54 minutes, documentary
LETTRE À LUCIENNE, 1996, 52 minutes, documentary