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Justine's film 1989 - 46 min. - fiction - 16mm French with English subtitles A girl with a broken heart seeks refuge among friends to overcome her pain. Unfortunately, she fails at the task and then, she decides to undetake a treatment: a detoxification of love. with Marie-Hélène Montpetit |
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| press La Presse, 26 octobre 1989, Luc Perreault «Le chant désespéré de Jeanne Crépeau» Le Devoir, 11 novembre 1989, France Lafuste, «Le goût du risque» Les Cahiers du cinéma no 426, décembre 1989, Michel Boujut, «L'été des indiens» Châtelaine, mars 1991, Nathalie Petrowski «Jeanne, la tragi-comique» Clin d'oeil, hiver 1990, Lucie Lavigne «Têtes d'affiche» |
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notes Filming
began in the spring of 1988. I had received a production grant from the
Conseil des Arts du Canada and for the first time, I experienced the
precious sensation of being supported in my work, thanks to
Françoise Picard and Christian Mondor. Also thanks to the
indefatigable Arlette Dion from the Aide au Cinéma
Indépendant section of the National Film Board.
Our small crew invaded a house, on the corner of Duluth and Coloniale, with offices, and a workshop and bedroom on every floor. My friends Dominique and Jean-Claude had made the trip from Paris to join us, even though the union had obliged them to occupy positions beneath their abilities. It was the third film I did with Marie-Hélène Montpetit and the first with Stéphanie Morgenstern (with whom I later shot Julie and Me). Our canteen was Achour’s place opposite. After the shoot, I left for the Canadian Center For Advanced Film Studies (CFC). For months, I frequented train stations and took night trains between Toronto and Montreal, passing my weekends editing and my weekdays at the Center. Slightly dazed from all of these trips, it was only after finishing the re-recording of the film that I decided to take out the direct sound of the dialogues of the three friends, which where too realistic in comparison with the fantasy of the rest of the film. I replaced them with bla-bla-blas that I did myself at the NFB’s vocal recording studio. After this session, and for many years to come, when I came across him in the corridor, the very serious recording technician favoured me with a huge grin. Later, distributors Claude Forget and Richard Brouillette from Cinéma Libre warmly supported the film. |
awards Mention "one of the most outstanding films of the year" London FIlm Festival 1990 Special Jury Mention at Uppsala Short Film Festival 1990 Best directing, Best music, Best experimental film at Yorkton short film festival 1990 Jury Honorable Mention at the Festival of Festivals, Toronto 1989 credits young woman in the appartment Marie-Hélène Montpetit young woman in the park at the end Paula de Vasconcelos the three friends Danielle Trépanier Stéphanie Morgenstern Denise Ménard the two italians Roc Lafortune Léa-Marie Cantin young man alone in the café Stephen Craig young woman alone in the café Josée Chaboillez two lovers Charlotte Laurier Denis Trudel fish store lady Ariane Lee guy on the bus Stéphane Lestage guy at the station Gérard Soler waiter Benoit Pilon graffiti artist Pol Turgeon repeat extras Vratislav Hadrava Jean Turcotte Isabelle Guilbault Carole Faucher other extras thanks to all our friends images Sylvaine Dufaux Jeanne Crépeau Yves Bélanger editing Richard Comeau (Mine de rien) sound design Catherine Van Der Donckt (Pépita Broadcast) Jeanne Crépeau (non crédité) music Marc Pérusse «tango des copines» music by Jean Saint-Jacques sound Justine Pimlott Catherine Van Der Donckt (Pépita Broadcast) set design Manon Briand costumes Josée Boisvert make up Mireille Ouellet hair Réjean Goderre casting consultant Marie-Jan Seille assistant director Bruno Bazin continuity Chantal Neveu assistant camera Jean-Claude Mocik Claudine Galipeau boom Marie-France Delagrave still photographer Manon Briand (and Sylvain Campeau and Jeanne Crépeau - not credited) jey eletric and grip Rafaël Reyes electric assistant Paule Biron set painter Stephen Craig carpenter Jean-Serge Boucher assistant to the set designer Geneviève Legault trainee to the set designer Jo Caron trainee director Chantal Dagosneau production manager Benoit Pilon location managers Carole Demers Sylvain Arseneault Dominique Roustain production assistants Nathalie Roy Michel Briand postproduction manager Richard Comeau associate producer Joan Shafer administration Richard Mondoux negative cut Bellevue Pathé Québec inc. musicians Jean Saint-Jacques Richard Beaudet assistant to sound editor Mine de rien (Richard Comeau) folley Lisa Wedlock re-recording Jean-Pierre Joutel Daniel Pellerin graphic arts Manon Briand English translation Suzanne Harwood «Justine’s song» is sang by Geneviève Paris lyrics by Jeanne Crépeau Suzanne Harwood and Geneviève Paris music by Marc Pérusse Justine's film written, directed and produced by Jeanne Crépeau thanks to Bruno Jobin of Zone Productions Patrick Arnaud of cinéma Parallèle Raymond Brassard of Centre Auclair Guy Beauchemin of Pinceau d’Arlequin Dwight Smith of Zibra Manu Lépine of Moliflex Adriano Cameiro of Patisserie Stella Don Haig of Film Arts and specially to Cyril Drabinsky of Film House also thanks to Céline Baril Josée Beaudet Monique Bessette Boris Chasagne Robert Daudelin Louis Dusseault Edouard Davidovici Arlette Dion Raôul Duguay Pierre Grou Suzaznne Kassabgui Paul Lefebvre Ghislaine Mathieu Christian Mondor Albanie Morin Michel Murray Fraçoyse Picard Léa Pool Michka Saal Marie-Claude Trépanier thanks to the staff of the Canadian Film Center for Advanced Film Studies (CFC) and to all the NFB technicians produced with assistance from Canada Arts Council, NFB French Program and its Aide au Cinéma Indépedant (Québec) and from Indie programm of the Université du Québec à Montréal with financial support from Société générale des industries culturelles du Québec A very special thanks to every cast and crew member who supported that production in a very essential way. © les films de l’autre 1989 |
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