When the Waves Are Gone + A Forteress
For the magazine's twentieth anniversary this year, a series of screenings has been planned on the double bill principle, with the main focus on a selection of rarely-seen films. Other movies in the program are also important milestones in the development of the critics' dialogue within one of Quebec's most dynamic film magazines.
Lieutenant Hermes Papauran, one of the best investigators of the Philippines, is in a deep moral crossroad. As a member of the police forces, he is a first-hand witness of the murderous anti-drug campaign that his institution is implementing with dedication. The atrocities are corroding Hermes physically and spiritually, causing him a severe skin disease resulting from anxiety and guilt. As he tries to heal, a dark past haunts him and has eventually come back for a reckoning.
After the death of their adoptive daughter, a couple goes to Haiti looking for her relatives. There, they meet with a DNA specialist who might have the power of resurrection.
Lav Diaz
Lavrente Indico Diaz, known as Lav Diaz, is a Filipino filmmaker. Recognized as the "ideological father of the new Philippine cinema", his films are renowned for their scope and aesthetic and discursive precision. He is frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, and has made some of the longest narrative films on record. Since 1998, he has won numerous awards internationally, including the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival for From What Is Before (2014) and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for The Woman Who Left (2016).
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