Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2014.

eVideo

English

Québec Studio.

Participant, Josiane Baril, Mathilde Bataille, Andrée Beaudin-Lecours, Gilles Bélanger, Chantal Bergeron, Mathilde Bergeron, Nathalie Boisclair, Johanne Bouchard, Julie Bourdua, Josée Brunet, Julien Brunet-Schmidt, Martin Bruyère, Mélissa Caron, Laurent Caron-Castonguay, Valérie Carrier, Claudine Douaire, Isabelle Fleury, Gabrielle Germain, Alexandra Hofmaenner, Marine Holub, Yves Junior Joanette, Patrice Lacoste, Pierre Langevin, Laurence Lavoie, Linda Leduc, Julien Lemay-Hardy, Maggie D. Lépine, Maxime Lévesque, Nicole Lévesque, Vincent Loiselle, Riccardo Melfi, Line Michaud, Michelle Monette, Virginie Paquet, Daniel Parent, René-Maxime Parent, Caroline Paul, Yannick Pavard, France Poulin, Karine Prégent, Serge Provost, Kim Rivard, Steve Ruel, Rachel Saintus-Hyppolite, Stéphanie Thibault, Annie Trudel, Mélodie Vachon-Boucher, Carolane Verreault-Côté, Robin Villeneuve, Jean-Pierre (Thien Man) Vu, Kelly Vu ; script/direction, Danic Champoux ; producer, Colette Loumède ; editing, René Roberge ; animation/special effects, Élise Simard ; director of photography, Jean-Pierre St-Louis ; sound editing, Benoît Dame ; camera operator, Ina Lopez ; location sound, Stéphane Barsalou ; foley, Stéphane Cadotte ; re-recording, Jean Paul Vialard.

Participant, Josiane Baril, Mathilde Bataille, Andrée Beaudin-Lecours, Gilles Bélanger, Chantal Bergeron, Mathilde Bergeron, Nathalie Boisclair, Johanne Bouchard, Julie Bourdua, Josée Brunet, Julien Brunet-Schmidt, Martin Bruyère, Mélissa Caron, Laurent Caron-Castonguay, Valérie Carrier, Claudine Douaire, Isabelle Fleury, Gabrielle Germain, Alexandra Hofmaenner, Marine Holub, Yves Junior Joanette, Patrice Lacoste, Pierre Langevin, Laurence Lavoie, Linda Leduc, Julien Lemay-Hardy, Maggie D. Lépine, Maxime Lévesque, Nicole Lévesque, Vincent Loiselle, Riccardo Melfi, Line Michaud, Michelle Monette, Virginie Paquet, Daniel Parent, René-Maxime Parent, Caroline Paul, Yannick Pavard, France Poulin, Karine Prégent, Serge Provost, Kim Rivard, Steve Ruel, Rachel Saintus-Hyppolite, Stéphanie Thibault, Annie Trudel, Mélodie Vachon-Boucher, Carolane Verreault-Côté, Robin Villeneuve, Jean-Pierre (Thien Man) Vu, Kelly Vu.

In an age of social media, when the boundaries between private and public are constantly being redrawn, 50 people share some of their most intimate experiences and thoughts on camera. Self(less) Portrait by Danic Champoux (Mom and Me, Sessions) offers a complex patchwork of intertwining themes, ultimately reflecting a collective spirit we can all identify with. Taken as a whole, these confessions--sometimes sombre, sometimes comical--compose a rich but disjointed plotline, a human mosaic that slowly takes shape in front of our very eyes, telling a story: our story. Relationships, the search for identity, family violence, depression, suicide, sexuality, mental illness, aliens, religion and death: all these themes come and go on screen like an inexhaustible chain of life. Thanks to the unique voice of each participant, the filmmaker is able to construct a self-reflective ensemble film that vibrates like a symphony dedicated to the human condition. With its intriguing title and idiosyncratic editing style, the film reveals as much about others as it does about the filmmaker himself: an author fascinated by the preciousness of life. Self(less) Portrait is an atypical, free-form work that breathes new life into the documentary genre, serving as a compendium of raw emotions.

16-18.

Régie du cinéma du Québec rating: 16.

CHV rating: 18A.

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