Perdre Mario
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.
On May 22, 2015, Mario shot a bullet in his head. Committing one of 1200 suicides in Quebec that year, he left his family and friends with many questions and deep sadness, the very same one that assails anyone brutally left grieving by a volontary and irremediable departure. Mario was the best and longest friend of the filmmaker of this film. In this documentary, the latter describe and dissect what preceded Mario’s ultimate move, as well as demonstrate the dismay of his close group of friends. By extension, this is the narrative of a troubling experience that everyone of us has unfortunately been through or will go through.
Carl Leblanc
Carl Leblanc is a writer, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker. He has directed around twenty documentary films, including five feature-length films : L’otage (2004), Le coeur d’Auschwitz (finalist for the Jutra 2011), Nation : huis clos avec Lucien Bouchard (2015), Le commun des mortels (2017) and Perdre Mario (2021). He won the Gémeaux for Best Documentary for Canada By Night and for Best Director for a Documentary Series for La boîte noire. This fall, alongside the release of the documentary Jour de référendum (2025), he is also publishing a new novel entitled Le printemps en novembre with XYZ Publishing.
Bio & photo: Eurêka! Productions
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Photo : Les Films du 3 Mars
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Photo : Les Films du 3 Mars
Photo : Les Films du 3 Mars
Photo : Les Films du 3 Mars
