Focus : The disturbing cinema

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INIS presents

• Friday march 11th > 21 h 30 > Petit théâtre de l’UQAC

 

Rebellious, these disturbing films show what shouldn’t be shown, broach on subjects to be avoided, unveil the best and worst aspects of human beings.

Shouting protest, crushes or hard punches, REGARD has gathered within this program works which unsettle, disturb and surprise.

Because they dared to tackle sex, religion, forbidden passions, war and politics, these films raise many questions and unforeseen emotions. Discomfort, revolt, pleasure or pain; are these reaction always wished for by the author and viewers?

With no holds barred or censorship, this viewing shall please the connoisseur and open-minded aficionados.

Don’t miss the discussion forum within the short’s market in order to acquaint yourselves better with those who are behind these works. (See page 79)

• Eût-elle été criminelle... / Had she been a criminal… of Jean-Gabriel Périot
  France > 2005 > documentary > 9 min

  France, summer of 1944, at the liberation. The public accusations against women who had affairs with Germans during the Occupation.

• Paradis perdu / Paradise lost of Mihal Brezis
  Israel/France > 2008 > fiction > 9 min 49 s

  A couple makes love in a cheap hotel room. While they silently put their clothes back on, the romance that had appeared authentic suddenly seems to vanish.

• Mary Last Seen of Sean Durkin
  USA > 2010 > fiction > 14 min

  A woman goes with a friend towards a place he has described as magnificent. Events occur and it becomes evident that their destination is far from being what he promised.

• Stained of Lewis Arnold
  United Kingdom > 2009 > fiction > 16 min

  An inmate troubles the disturbed mind of a warder who is trying to disconnect and leave his private life in the changing-room.

• Le poids de la ressemblance / The weight of resemblance of Marie-Claude Fournier
  Quebec > 2010 > documentary > 4 min 40 s

  Between fear, guilt and forgiveness, this short film casts a glance on intergenerational relationships marked by mental illness.

• Passage of Karl Lemieux
  Quebec > 2007 > fiction > 15 min

  Two couples go to the countryside. What was supposed to be a pleasure trip finally becomes disagre able for some.

• La chambre d’à côté / The room next door of Guy Édoin
  Quebec > 2009 > fiction > 5 min

  A winter day like any other. A run-down motel. A couple adrift.

• The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Lion of Alois Di Leo
  United Kingdom > 2010 > animation > 8 min 25 s

  During the 1960s, Max, a seven years-old deaf boy, visits a zoo with his school. He sees a lion for the first time in his life and a new sentiment starts to emerge that will change it for ever.

• SIS of Deborah Haywood
  United Kingdom > 2009 > fiction > 11 min

  When Lauren and Amy hear about a man who lives in the neighbourhood and "loves children", they decide to find him in order to show him that they are able to walk on their hands.