6 Neorealist Portraits
The mission of the Centre d'art et essai de la Cinémathèque québécoise (CAECQ) is to primary program Quebec-made documentaries and independent fiction, as well as international documentaries, animated and foreign films, while encouraging opportunities for meetings between the public and the artists. Its programming is presented in conjunction with the Cinémathèque québécoise’s under the label New releases.
The October 5 screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Robert Morin
Official Selection, RVQC 2026
Over the course of a day, from one sleep to the next, three women and three men from Africa find their way into Rome; Patience and Joan in squats, Destiny, Steve, and Souleymane in apartments, and Mamadou in a park. Their emotional states mirror those of postwar Romans as depicted by the neorealist movement. But beyond the eras, the will to live—and, what’s more, in the so-called Eternal City—grants them a right that is itself eternal.
Robert Morin
Robert Morin is a Quebecois director, screenwriter, actor, and cinematographer. In 1977, he co-founded Coop Vidéo with friends. Morin made a significant impact in 1992 with his crime film Requiem for a Handsome Bastard. He relied on the talents of committed actors like Gildor Roy and Brigitte Paquette to carry out his uncompromising experimental narrative. It is one of the most celebrated films of his filmography. He is also among the founders of PRIM vidéo, initially conceived as a center for accessing filming equipment following the dissolution of the Montreal artist center, Véhicule Art.
Bio: Vidéographe
Photo: André-Line Beauparlant | Collections de la Cinémathèque québécoise
