Name: 2012/Throught the Heart
Released: 2023-05-15T14:17:29-04:00
Duration: 4620S

SYNOPSIS

Using footage from both amateur and professional sources, 2012/Throught the Heart immerses us into the intensity of the demonstrations and riots of the 2012 student strike. While the film confronts us with the brutality of the police, it also recalls the power of this historic moment that shook the political and media powers in Quebec. Accompanied by an uncompromising narration voiced by Safia Nolin, this work rekindles the flame that marked an entire generation, and asks what remains, ten years on, of that dazzling spring.

Theme(s): , Democracy, Social struggle

DETAILS

Director | , Arnaud Valade, Rodrigue Jean

Year | , 2022

Country | , Québec

Duration | 77 minutes

Original language | , French

Subtitles | , French

Sound mixing | Bruno Bélanger

Music | Jacob Desjardins

Editing | Arnaud Valade

Production | Rodrigue Jean, Transmar Films

Distribution | Productions Multi-Monde

DIRECTOR

Arnaud Valade

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Arnaud Valade completes studies at Rivière-du-Loup's École des métiers du cinéma et de la vidéo in 2019, then releases a first short film, Tout est numéro 1 dans l'Est, in 2021. In 2022, he edited and co-directed the feature film 2012/2012/Throught the Heart, and is currently editing a feature-length documentary to be released in 2023. Otherwise, he spends most of his time listening to and observing birds.

Rodrigue Jean

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Following studies in biology, sociology and literature, Rodrigue Jean concentrated on dance and choreography before directing his first short film, La Déroute, in 1989. He then moved to London to train as a choreographer. At the same time, he returned to France to make the documentary La voix des rivières and the short fiction film La mémoire de l'eau. Two popular and critically acclaimed feature-length dramas followed: Full Blast and Yellowknife. His documentaries La voix des rivières and L'extrême frontière (2005) pay tribute to his Acadian roots, while his documentary Hommes à louer (2007) depicts the world of sex workers in Montreal. His next films included Lost Song, L'amour au temps de la guerre civile and L'acrobate, all of which were screened at several film festivals.