SMALL TROPHIES

A film by Isabelle Grignon-Francke

Director

Isabelle Grignon-Francke

Production

Isabelle Grignon-Francke, Fanny Bissonnette

Language

French

Year

2019

16 min, Documentary, Canada, 2.0

The obligation to perfom in society takes a complete different form for Marie and Gabriel, two young adults with Down syndrome. Aware of how people look at them, they try to reach their dreams otherwise. This short movie documentary treats, in an intimate way, their most personal aspirations. Marie and Gabriel don’t want to live in parallel.  

Cinematography: Felipe Arriagada-Nunez, Émile Desroches-Larouche, Marie-Christine Roussel

Editing: Jordan Choinière

Sound: Jacob Marcoux

Music: Pascal Palomino

 

Isabelle Grignon-Francke

Isabelle Grignon-Francke produce Small Trophies (2019), her first shortmovie. A documentary link with her desire to let everybody talk by their own with fineness. It’s important for her to capture life far away of the cinematographic glam.

 

Small Trophies, 16 min, Documentary, 2019