Mr. Nobody
As a complement to the colloque organized by Figura (UQAM), we present a series of films that all testify to a way of playing with time that can take the form of uchrony, retrofuturism or even parallel worlds. Cinema, by its very nature, has developed fictions that recompose, destructure and virtualize the time of action and narratives. Several films of the last decades, from Tarantino to Nolan, from Course Lola, course to Kieslowski testify to this fact.
A boy stands on a train platform as a train is about to leave. Should he go with his mother or stay with his father? An infinite number of possibilities arise from this decision. As long as he doesn't choose, anything is possible.
The trailer is in English original version, but the movie will be presentend with French subtitles.
Jaco Van Dormael
Jaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childhood travelling around Europe, before going on to study filmmaking at the INSAS in Brussels, where he wrote and directed his first short film, Maedeli la brèche, which received the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards. Van Dormael's feature debut, Toto le héros, won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Five years later, Le huitième jour played at Cannes, where his two leading actors, Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne, were jointly awarded the prize for Best Actor. His third feature film, Mr. Nobody, won six Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director.
