Cinema is a screen onto which we can project our fears, torments and the monstrosities of the world. The screen protects us from what we see, but cinema has also permanently anchored our nightmares around a few powerful images (empty houses, hostile attics and basements, demonic masks, bloodcurdling grimaces, disturbing postures). Throughout the summer, the Cinémathèque québécoise will be presenting a series of films encompassing more than one hundred and twenty years of horror, reminding us that what scares us most is to make the deepest of our fears tangible and credible.
Baxter is a dog with the incredible ability to think for himself and analyze human behavior. At first, he's the companion of a lonely old lady, but gets bored. Adopted by a young couple, he is quietly abandoned when their baby is born. Finally taken in by young Charles, he discovers in him an aggressive and morbid master, fascinated by the Nazi regime.
Jérôme Boivin
Jérôme Boivin, whose real name is Alain Boivin, is a French film director and screenwriter, born in Sens (Yonne, France) on July 19, 1954. Alongside his work as a film director, he has been teaching screenwriting and directing at Femis and Ecole Louis-Lumière since 2010.
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Horreur - Cauchemars canins
Si les animaux ont toujours eu une place de choix dans l’horreur, les canidés y sont particulièrement à l’honneur. Les créatures qui montrent les crocs ont hanté les films d’horreur pour mieux réveiller nos terreurs profondes : la métamorphose du corps et le basculement dans la folie.
