Éviction

Since 2010, Parthenais has become home to a queer community in Montreal. They share a triplex, creating memories between the dilapidated walls. Twelve years later, a wealthy family bought the building, marking the end of an era of gentrification. 

SYNOPSIS

Since 2010, Parthenais has become home to a queer community in Montreal. Gay, lesbian, trans, they share a triplex in the Centre-Sud neighborhood, creating memories between the dilapidated walls. From late-night parties to collective dinners, this apartment has had a profound effect on their lives. Twelve years later, a wealthy family bought the building, marking the end of an era of gentrification. It's the closing of a space emblematic of Montreal's queer scene, where so many stories have blossomed. Éviction narrates this change, as residents desperately search for a new home in the midst of the housing crisis and real estate speculation, in boxes too small to hold all the memories of this place.

Theme(s): , LGBTQI2SA+, Social struggle

DETAILS

Director | , Mathilde Capone
Year | , 2024
Country | , Québec
Duration | 72 minutes
Original language | , French
Subtitles | , English
Image | Ariane Turmel-Chénard
Sound | Aurel St-Pierre, Claude Périard
Sound design | Marie-Pierre Grenier
Music | Jacob Desjardins, Liana El Amraoui
Editing | Arnaud Valade
Camera | Ariane Turmel-Chénard, Sandrine Petit
Other | Zaël Gourd (assistant·e réalisateur·trice)

DIRECTOR

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Mathilde Capone

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Documentary filmmaker and popular education facilitator, mathilde capone holds a master's degree in social anthropology. A feminist, anti-colonial, lesbian, and queer activist, they are involved in collective initiatives that provoke thought. Their feature film The Fabrication of Consent: Lesbo-Queer Perspectives, produced independently, was presented at Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma and Image+Nation. EVICTION, their second feature film, which traces the eviction of a queer housing collective, was unveiled at the Montreal International Documentary Festival and received the Audience Award. The House of Rebels, which follows the opening of the first lesbian retirement home in Montreal / Tiohtià.

CAREER

Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal - RIDM) · Image+Nation · Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma · Festival Filministes

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1 | 

9 July 2024 at 21h10

Parc Médéric-Martin 

The film will be followed by a discussion with the director, mathilde capone

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