Trois courts au féminin
Built around International Women's Day (March 8), this program invites us to immerse ourself in the creative effervescence of women's and feminist cinema in Quebec during the 1970s. It features a tribute to director and Vidéo Femmes co-founder Hélène Roy, followed by a discussion; two screenings of independent works by pioneering women filmmakers, recently restored by the Cinémathèque québécoise; and a screening of the six films from the NFB series En tant que femmes, presented in dialogue with the launch of Olivier Ducharme’s book, Nous ferons les films que nous voulons.
A 14-year-old girl evokes the boredom of her bourgeois environment and brings charges against her father and mother. A walk on the mountain with her dog serves as a pretext to see life through the eyes of this teenager who feels alienated from the world around her. The dreams of freedom of a young girl from a middle-class background, and the filmmaker's debut film.
This independent film, directed by Mitsu Daudelin, Estelle Lebel and Rachel Saint-Pierre, is typical of the activist production of the period. Based on a traditional oral story, it humorously denounces poverty and precariousness in the form of a musical film inspired by Berthold Brecht. The ending is particularly sarcastic.
Anastasie oh ma chérie is the first film directed by Paule Baillargeon. Shot under artisanal conditions and completed in 1977, this medium-length film tells the story of a young artist who creates a space for herself in her apartment where she lives alone, refusing the roles of wife and mother. Her husband despairs at her behavior, and alerts the authorities. As a result, the various spheres of power become involved in bringing Anastasie to the “right path”.
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The restoration of this film is part of the implementation of a measure in Quebec's Digital Cultural Plan.
