Simon & Marianne
We have the opportunity to showcase a few films that have shine in the past few months in Quebec. While we await the winner of the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, let's discover - or rediscover the nominated films of Joël Vaudreuil, Ara Ball, Chloé Leriche, Robert Morin, as well as Pier-Luc Latulippe & Martin Fournier. A program of short films will also offer a glimpse at the best offerings of the year.
In the presence of the filmmaker, Pier-Luc Latulippe & Martin Fournier
Simon has been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. It's time to take major decisions. Supported by his partner Marianne, Simon stands on the edge of two worlds, fragile, lucid and fully aware of everything around him. Filmed almost entirely at night and in black and white, the documentary bears witness to their last summer together.
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Pier-Luc Latulippe is a Canadian film director from Quebec, most noted as co-director with Martin Fournier of the documentary films Manor (Manoir, 2015), Dehors Serge dehors (2021), and more recently Simon & Marianne (2024). Manor won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film and the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2017. Separately from Fournier, Latulippe has also directed a number of short films, including Dernière étape avant le silence, Edges, River (Rives), The Taste of Vietnam (Le goût du Vietnam) and On the Mountain (Sur la montagne).
Martin Fournier
Martin Fournier is a Canadian film director from Quebec, most noted as co-director with Pier-Luc Latulippe of the documentary films Manor (Manoir, 2015), Dehors Serge dehors (2021), and more recently Simon & Marianne (2024). Manor won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film and the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2017. Separately from Latulippe, Fournier has also directed the short documentary film Robert Lepage: Tuned to a Different Frequency, Cœur de pirate's music video for Pour un infidèle, and episodes of the documentary television series La vie nous arrive.
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