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La femme qui boit (VOF)
Location
Main screening room
Date
December 6th, 2021
Duration
90 min
Cycle
Éléphant on the Big Screen

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La femme qui boit
Directed by
Bernard Émond
Language
French version
Actors
Élise Guilbault, Luc Picard, Fanny Mallette
Origins
Québec
Year
2001
Duration
90 min
Genre
Drama
Format
Digital
Synopsis

On the eve of her last moments, a woman recalls her past as an alcoholic.

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Bernard Émond

Bernard Émond (born 1951 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Québecois and Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist and essayist. He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. He began his film career making documentaries, later moving to feature-length films, all of which have been shot in Quebec. He is noted for the humanistic, sometimes spiritual depth of his films, in particular his trilogy of feature films (2007, 2009, 2012) based on the three Christian virtues, faith, hope, and charity. Other themes in his work include human dignity and frailty, and cultural loss. He describes himself as an agnostic and a "conservative socialist."

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La solitude, le vieillissement sont des thèmes qui s'imposent à moi, sous une forme ou l'autre. Quant à l'alcoolisme, il me fascine à cause de la révolte qu'il sous-tend, et me révolte par le malheur qu'il crée autour de lui.
Bernard Émond (2001)
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