Director
André-Line Beauparlant
Production
Stéphanie Morissette
Languages
French, English
75min, Documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2015
Eric is working his way around the world crewing on ships. He seems to be living the life he’s always dreamed of until he gets arrested in Brazil, awaiting deportation to Canada. Éric’s sister, filmmaker André-Line Beauparlant, gradually pierces the mystery surrounding her brother, a man of prodigious imagination, who has mastered the art of deception as the ultimate way of life.
Synopsis
Eric is working his way around the world crewing on ships. He seems to be living the life he’s always dreamed of until he gets arrested in Brazil, awaiting deportation to Canada. Between calls to the embassy, unexpected meddlings of a stranger seeking to incriminate him and breaking the news to distraught parents, Éric’s sister, filmmaker André-Line Beauparlant, gradually pierces the mystery surrounding her brother, a man of prodigious imagination, who has mastered the art of deception as the ultimate way of life.
Credits
Screenplay and direction : André-Line Beauparlant
Image : Robert Morin
Sound conception: Sylvain Bellemare et Mathieu Beaudin
Editing : Sophie Leblond
Music : Jonathan Millette et François Pinet Forcier
Production : Stéphanie Morissette (COOP Vidéo)
Financial partners
SODEC
Conseil des arts du Canada
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Conseil des arts de Montréal
PRIM
André-Line Beauparlant
After studying filmmaking at Université de Montréal and stage art direction at the National Theatre School, André-Line Beauparlant became a prolific artistic director on more than 20 indie features, including La moitié gauche du frigo (The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge) (2000), Gaz Bar Blues (2003), Incendies (2010), Inch’allah (2012), 4 soldats (4 Soldiers) (2013).
In 2000, she directed her first feature documentary Trois princesses pour Roland (Three Princesses for Roland), which won the Best Direction Award at Hot Docs in 2002. Her next two films — Le petit Jésus (Little Jesus), winner of the Best Direction Award at Hot Docs in 2005, and Panache — won her the recognition of her peers and the filmmaking community. Pinocchio (2015) is her fourth documentary feature. Her next feature, Petit Tom, will be released in 2026.
Pinocchio, 75 min, Documentary, 2015
Panache (Antlers), 90 min, Documentary, 2006
Le petit Jésus, 78 min, Documentary, 2004
Elvis l’Italiano, 12 min, Documentary, 2002
Three Princesses for Roland, 91 min, Documentary, 2001