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Following
Catherine 2007 - 94 min. - fiction (with real stuff) - digital video French with English subtitles Animated sequences, documentary and fiction intermingle in constant interplay with reality in this film diary telling the story of a 40 years old student in Paris. A fanciful yet acurate view - blending irony, tenderness and gravity - of a mid-life assessment. |
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Undertaken in the year 2000 as a “diary of doubt” and shot bit by bit until 2006, Following Catherine was initially a documentary, almost a family film: like a means of experiencing the world through the whims of a searching gaze (see Amalgames). One day, the editor (and filmmaker) Fernand Bélanger suggested squeezing reality to bring out the juice of fiction. I spent an extraordinary summer with him, in the countryside, editing the film. Sometimes, we ended our day on a wonderful cinematic problem. The next morning, he’d arrive with an unexpected solution, full of inventiveness. I had the impression that he never rested. |
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credits images et sounds Jeanne Crépeau drawings, titles et animations Pol Turgeon and Jeanne Crépeau editing Fernand Bélanger (1943 - 2006) and Jeanne Crépeau with the precious help of Louise Dugal sound editing Francine Poirier and Claude Beaugrand folley Nicolas Gagnon folley recording Daniel Bisson voice recording Claude Beaugrand re-recording Clovis Gouaillier on-line editing and timming Stéphan Fortin additional images Isabelle Fermon Catherine Goupil typo buster Hélène Pelletier computer support Alain Martineau SOS informatique assistants director Catherine Goupil Richard Brouillette production manager Christine Falco assistant to the production manager Sandra-Dalhie Goyer rights Lucie Bourgouin, PERMISSION INC. insurance B.F. Lorenzetti controller Line Doyon, F.B.B.L. with Catherine Goupil (Catherine Chaumont) Anne Cervellera (Anne) Laurent Cervellera (Laurent) Manuela Marques (Manuela) Eric Cez (Eric) Paùla de Oliveira (voice of bateaux-mouches) Tom, Jeanne, Dominique Roustain et Fabienne Le Hannier (friends in Normandie) Eliane et Bernard Goupil (Catherine's parents) François Ha Van et les étudiants en théâtre de l’Université de Paris III (ball players) Marie-Hélène Klein Anne-Marie Ada (Bourgogne's café singers) Micheline Bleau Jacques Leduc Hélène Pelletier Francine Poirier (Réservoir bar drinkers) Pierre Senges (frozen poet) Pol Turgeon (lace adviser) Diamantino de Sausa Re (cobbler) and Dr Philippe Buu Maria Esperenza Capilla Apollon Stamoulis Julia Soares and José Mesquita the woman at the Tricana canning store in Lisbonne Mister Alvès's cat Samsam the cat Noisette and Kasba, dogs thanks to all the extras: workers of the building sites hunting neighbours kids from the courtyard and their friends clients at the Bourgogne Japonese tourists GDF workers venitians pedestrians Bernard Goupil's company actors friends at the parties Villejuif's firemen and introducing Marla Cervellera allusions, quotes, references : Siffler sur la colline adaptation française de J.M. Rivat et F. Thomas 1968 Ni trop tôt, ni trop tard paroles : Cyrius Bassiak (Serge Rezvani) musique : Ward Swingle 1964 Consider yourself paroles et musique: Lionel Bart 1960 Grimoire Roland Giguère Forêt vierge folle 1978 Miso et Maso vont en bateau Nadja Ringart, Carole Roussopoulos Delphine Seyrig, Iona Wieder 1976 Biffures (La règle du jeu I.) Michel Leiris 1948 Pictures in the exhibit are from Manuela Marquès Galerie Anne Barrault La Ronde de nuit Rembrandt van Rijn 1642 Mon amant de Saint-Jean lyrics: Léon Agel, music: Emile Carrara 1945 Les tontons flingueurs Georges Lautner 1963 Le blues de la Métropole lyrics : Pierre Huet 1975 Les rabotteurs de parquet Gustave Caillebotte 1875 Les Quatre jumelles Raùl Damonte dit Copi 1973 Le Malade imaginaire Jean-Baptiste Poquelin dit Molière 1673 Escorial Miklós Sventkuthy 1940 La barbe (à Tonton) lyrics and music: Pierre Roche et Charles Aznavour voix : Jacques Normand 1949 Le Schpountz script, dialogues and direction: Marcel Pagnol 1938 I could have dance all night lyrics : Alan Lay Lerner, music : Frederick Loewe 1964 thanks to Jacques Doillon for the shooting images of « Ponette » thanks to Victoire Thivisol and Matiaz Bureau Caton thanks to Carole Roussopoulos and to Nicole Fernandez from Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir for extracts of « Miso et Maso vont en bateau » also thanks to Yasmine Attaf, Jinny Barbosa, Céline Baril Josée Beaudet, Danielle Bélanger, Josette Bélanger Alain Bergala, Marc-André Brouillette, Amandine Brun Benoît Chaput, Danielle Charlebois, Sylvain Cossette Evelyne Cotinet, Angèle Cyr, Régine Dalnoky Robert Daudelin, Frédérique Dubé, Véronique Dubois Dominique Dugas, Louis Dussault, Vincent Guignard Alexendre Jacques, Youssef El Jaï, Françoise Jean Eve Lamont, Johanne Larue, Sylvain L’Espérance Jean-Claude Mocik, Deborah Mlokier, Paule Mustelier Yves Pelletier, Julie Perron, René Roberge and Annie Tellier Suivre Catherine written, told, filmed, played, directed and produced by Jeanne Crépeau © box film 2007 |
