A MILE END TALE
68 min, Documentaire, Québec, Canada, 2013Directed byJean-François Lesage
Produced byJean-François Lesage
LanguagesFrench/English
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Synopsis
When human souls break up, they seem irreconcilable. Is there an antidote for heartbreak? Wandering through his neighbourhood after dusk, a young man, searching for answers, inspires friends and strangers to open their hearts to him. Encounters, confessions, slips: the autumn night sheds inhibitions.
Credits
Direction of photography :
Editing : Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, Ariane Pétel-Despots
Online Editing : Sylvain Cossette, Mauricio Salas
Sound Design : Alexis Pilon-Gladu
Sound Recording : Jean-François Lesage
Music : Meta Gruau
Sound Mixing : Bruno Bélanger
Production : Jean-François Lesage
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PRIM
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Jean-François Lesage
After studying law, Jean-François Lesage began his career as a journalist for Radio-Canada television in Alberta and British Columbia. At the end of the 90s, everything changed: shaken by the discovery of Chinese cinema, he flew to Beijing. He lived there for six years and made his first creative documentary, Sweet Nights Sour Nights (2004), then with his brother Philippe Lesage, How Can You Tell if the Little Fish are Happy? (2009). Back in Montreal, he directed A Mile End Tale (2013), closing film for Visions du Réel 2014, then A Summer Love (2015), winner of the Grand Prize for Best Canadian Feature at the RIDM. This was followed by The Hidden River (2017), Special Jury Prize Canadian feature at the RIDM, and his sixth film, Prayer for a Lost Mitten (2020), Best Canadian Feature Film Award at Hot Docs.
Filmography
Prayor for a Lost Mitten (2020 / 79 min)
The Hidden River (2017 / 75 min)
A Summer Love (2015 / 63 min)
A Mile End Tale (2013 / 68 min)
How can you tell if the little fish are happy? (2009 / 100 min)
Sweet Nights Sour Nights (2004 / 52 min)