Film details

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Directed and written by Isabelle Grignon-Francke

Produced by Isabelle Grignon-Francke and Fanny Bissonnette

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

Editing : Jordan Choinière

Sound : Jacob Marcoux

Music : Pascal Palomino

CALQ – Résidence

Direction

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.   Filmography Les Petits trophées, 2019, documentaire, 16 minutes.