CSE 2022

Perdre Mario

By committing one of the 1,200 suicides that took place in Quebec that year, Mario plunged his friends and loved ones into a whirlwind of questions and deep sadness, the same one that assails anyone brutally left in mourning by a voluntary and irrevocable departure. 

SYNOPSIS

On May 22nd 2015, Mario shot himself in the head with a .22 caliber bullet. By committing one of the 1200 suicides that took place in Quebec that year, he plunged his friends and loved ones into a whirlwind of questions and deep sadness, the same one that assails any person brutally left in mourning by a voluntary and irrevocable departure. Mario was the best and oldest friend of the director of this film. In this documentary, the director describes and dissects what preceded Mario's ultimate gesture, as well as dismantling the mechanics of the disarray experienced by his tightly knit band of friends. By extension, it is the story of a disturbing experience that each of us has unfortunately lived or will live.

Theme(s): , Mental health, Sociology

DETAILS

Director | , Carl Leblanc
Year | , 2021
Country | , Québec
Duration | 84 minutes
Original language | , French
Subtitles | , French
Image | Alex Margineanu
Sound | Stéphane Barsalou
Sound design | Éric Tessier
Music | Anthony Rozankovic
Editing | Carl Leblanc, Marie Girault, Sylvain Caron

DIRECTOR

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Carl Leblanc

SEE COMPLETE PROFILE

In the mid-90s, Carl Leblanc founded Ad Hoc Films. With his friend and colleague Luc Cyr, he produced and/or directed some fifteen documentaries, including "Canada by night" (Gémeaux award for best documentary in 1999), "Le coeur d'Auschwitz" (finalist at the 2011 Jutra awards) and two documentary series, including "La boîte noire" (Gémeaux award for best direction and best original score in 2003). For more than ten years, he has alternated between documentary ("Nation : huis-clos" with Lucien Bouchard and "Le commun des mortels") and writing ("Le personnage secondaire", "Artéfact", "Fruits"). "Perdre Mario" is his fourth feature-length documentary.

PAST SCREENINGS

SCREENING 1

11 August 2022 at 20h30

Parc Molson

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