ESPÉRANCE (L')
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The village of L’Espérance is perched between the mountains and the great river. Its inhabitants include young people – who don’t have much of a future – as well as many widows and old men. The village continues to be haunted by the tragic death of 13 miners. One day, a stranger arrives. The young man, at once charming and mysterious, has an immediate effect upon the village. The longer he stays in the village, the stronger blow the winds of desire. The village’s prevailing melancholy gives way to love and happiness. However, not everyone is pleased by the arrival of the stranger, who becomes more and more inquisitive about the tragedy of the old mine. What are his real motives? Is he really who he claims to be? As passion and doubt collide, the entire village is transformed by events which come crashing down like waves against the high cliffs.
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Stefan Pleszczynski
Director
Stefan Pleszczynski studied film in Vancouver and Montréal. He began his career with three short films, including The Dragon, which won the Best Film Award at the Canadian Student Film Festival and was screened at several international festivals. He then went on to write, direct and coproduce the medium-length film L’Homme perché (1997), which screened to enthusiastic audiences at the Festival du Cinéma International en Abitibi-Témiscamingue and the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in Montréal. The film also played in theatres, where it was warmly greeted by critics and audiences. Stefan Pleszczynski has also worked on a number of successful TV shows. L'Espérance is his first feature film.
35 mm
120 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
1.85
Subtitled in English Original version in French |
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Producer
Christian Larouche
Coproducer
Ginette Petit
Associate Producer
Stefan Pleszczynski
Director
Stefan Pleszczynski
Scriptwriters
Bernadette Gogula
Stefan Pleszczynski
Director of Photography
Pierre Jodoin
Editing
Bernadette Gogula
Sound
Gilles Corbeil
Art Director
Colombe Raby
Production Designer
Donald McEwen
Costume Designer
Claire Nadon
Set Designer
Julie-Agnes Morin
Music
Helmut Lipsky
Cast
Patrick Labbé
Maxime Dumontier
Isabel Richer
Michel Daigle
Esther Gaudette
Benoit Girard
André Lacoste
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Production/Distribution
Christal Films
1217, rue Notre-Dame Est
Montreal, Quebec
H2L 2R3
(514) 336-9696
(514) 336-0607
info@christalfilms.com
www.christalfilms.com
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