WHAT REMAINS AFTER WE’RE GONE
72 min., Documentary, Canada, 2020Directed byNicolas Lachapelle
Produced byBrousse | Suzel D. Smith et Nicolas Lachapelle
LanguageEnglish
Film details
Synopsis
A group of jilted souls have found refuge inside a forsaken neighbourhood scorched by brutal violence, fire and destruction. They try to build themselves a home but the memories of the place still walk among them. A sensorial reflexion about what we leave of us in the place we’ve been.
Credits
Written and directed by Nicolas Lachapelle
Produced by Suzel D. Smith and Nicolas Lachapelle (Brousse)
Cinematography : Nicolas Lachapelle
Editing : Daniel Dietzel
Sound design : Mourad Bennacer
Sound mix : Mourad Bennacer
Music : Mourad Bennacer
Sound : Tiago McNicoll, Bertand Desrochers et Ariel St-Louis Lamoureux
Direction
Nicolas Lachapelle
Nicolas Lachapelle is a journalist, a filmmaker, and the director of many sound documentaries. His works, which explore the relationship to territory through the themes of exile, rootedness, and memory, have been showcased at numerous festivals both in Canada and internationally. In 2022, Nicolas was awarded the Best First Documentary Work prize at the RVCQ. Recently, he received nominations for Best Short Documentary at the Gala Québec Cinéma and the Canadian Screen Awards.
Filmography
THE PUNK OF NATASHQUAN, 20 min, Documentary, 2025
ZUG ISLAND, 22 min, Documentary, 2022
WHAT REMAINS AFTER WE’RE GONE, 72 min, Documentary, 2020
BEYOND THE 138, 60 min, Sound Documentary, 2019
GAS RUNS THROUGH MY VEINS, 10 min, Sound Documentary, 2017
LIGHTS ABOVE WATER, 60 min, Documentary, 2016