| Year of prod. |
2005 |
| Format |
Color 35mm (shooting),
HDCAM (screening) |
| Running time |
39 min. 52 sec. |
| Type |
Fiction drama |
| Director |
Simon Lavoie |
| Script |
Simon Lavoie |
| Production |
Metafilms |
| Producers |
Sylvain Corbeil,
Pascal Bascaron,
Simon Lavoie |
| DOP |
John B. Ashmore |
| Sound |
Hugo Brochu |
| Editor |
Mathieu L. Denis |
| Actors |
Hélène Loiselle,
Marc Paquet |
| Versions |
French,
French with english subtitles |
| Financial
contributions |
| Sodec, Conseil des arts et des
lettres du Québec, Conseil des arts du Canada, Tax Credit Programs, ACIC (ONF) |
|
| While the world
around her is in constant change, Rose-Flore, an elderly woman, patiently awaits death.
Detached from life, she clings only to the archaic beliefs, customs and mores of a by-gone
era. One day they decide to turn the white chapel in front of her house into a tourist
attraction, and a young man arrives to paint it blue. Painful feelings of nostalgia are
revived. Rose-Flore will make one final attempt at befriending the painter, and unleash
the wrath of heaven through her sacrifice. Director's biofilmography :
Simon Lavoie studies cinema and screenplay writing at UQAM
(2002). During his studies, he directs a few shorts, notably Sanguine in 2001. In
2003, he delivers Nearness which is awarded with the 2003 AQCC "best
short" prize and nominated for the "Jutra" award 2004 in the same category.
In May 2004, he directs Until Dawn, which is also nominated for the "best
short" Jutra award. In August 2004, he shot in 35mm another short fiction, The
White Chapel. |
 |
| Best Short Film, Jutra
Award 2006 Prix du meilleur
court ou moyen métrage 2006
by the AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma)
Top 10, best short films of the 2000 decade
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois
- Toronto International Film Festival 2005
- Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal 2005
- Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2006 :
SODEC special
- Festival Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay 2006
- Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois 2006
- Diffusion sur les ondes de ARTE France-Allemagne le 1er décembre 2006
- At the Paraloeil Theatre on november 7, 2006
- February 2007: on DVD for the 24 images magazine subscribers.
- Top 10 des meilleurs courts métrages des années 2000 RVCQ 2008 |
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|
 |
- Article in 24 images, no.124
(in french)
- Article in Hors Champs (in french) |
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