Le party
Les anniversaires s’enchaînent mais ne se ressemblent pas ! Pour souligner les 50 ans de l’Association coopérative de productions audio-visuelles (ACPAV), nous présentons plusieurs longs métrages et un programme de courts afin de mesurer la place exceptionnelle occupée par cette organisation au sein de la cinématographie québécoise. Plusieurs cinéastes ayant contribué à leur vaste catalogue viendront présenter leurs films et parfois ceux des autres! D’André Forcier à Benoit Pilon, de Brigitte Sauriol à Pierre Falardeau, en passant par Léa Pool et Paul Tana (pour n’en nommer que quelques uns), l’histoire du cinéma au Québec s’écrit avec l’ACPAV depuis maintenant cinq décennies.
La liberté n'est pas une marque de yogourt. PRÉSENTÉ PAR BERNARD ÉMOND
A group of variety artists perform at the old St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary. Men and women meet in an iron and cement cage. For a few hours, three hundred prisoners try to forget the hell.
Pierre Falardeau
**Pierre Falardeau **(born December 28, 1946, died September 25, 2009, in Montreal) was a filmmaker, writer, pamphleteer and Quebec independence activist. The October Crisis, which occurred while he was still a student, left a deep impression on him. His master's thesis in anthropology was published in 2019 by Éditions du Mur under the title Continuons le combat (2019). In 1971, he directed his first film, the short Continuons le combat. He will present it as the first part of his master's thesis entitled "La lutte", submitted in 1975. Falardeau would often repeat that it was because of his difficulty in translating his observations into writing that he chose to use the camera. Thereafter, Falardeau directed mostly feature-length fiction films. There are more dramatic films such as The Party (1989), The Steak (1992), October (1994) and February 15, 1839 (2001). Falardeau also pursued comedy by directing two sequels to the first Elvis Gratton: Elvis Gratton II: Miracle in Memphis (1999) and Elvis Gratton XXX: The Revenge of Elvis Wong (2004).
