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Aristide Gagnon... The eighth day

Richard Lavoie / 2016 / 24 min. / Canada / FRENCH / SUBS ENGLISH

Synopsis

Richard Lavoie was only a child when he first decided to make films. He was fascinated by his father's cinematograph, Herménégilde Lavoie being one of the first filmmaker from Quebec. Richard is now an independant director and his work, mostly direct cinema, explores the multiple facets of life through his very personal point of view, full of curiosity for his country and the people who makes it.Richard Lavoie was only a child when he first decided to make films. He was fascinated by his father's cinematograph, Herménégilde Lavoie being one of the first filmmaker from Quebec. Richard is now an independant director and his work, mostly direct cinema, explores the multiple facets of life through his very personal point of view, full of curiosity for his country and the people who makes it.

Cast & Crew

  • Direction and Screenplay : Richard Lavoie
  • Editing : Richard Lavoie
  • Sound : Valérie Lavoie
  • Music : Benoit Pinette (Tire le Coyote)
  • Mixage / conception sonore : Jonathan Seaborn et Richard Lavoie
  • Actors : Aristide Gagnon and his relatives
  • Production : Les films Richard Lavoie

Genre

Documentaire

Topics

Visual art, Biopic, Environment, Quebec

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Biography

Fascinated by the cinematography of his father Herménégilde Lavoie, pioneer of Quebec cinema, Richard Lavoie found his vocation from childhood. A long-term filmmaker, independent filmmaker, his work explores the many facets of life through a look of an insatiable curiosity for the country, the people who inhabit it and art in all its forms

Festivals

- 2016 -
In Competition | Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Canada

- 2017 -
In Competition | Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois, Canada
In Competition | Vues sur mer, Canada

Festivals

« La richesse et la diversité de ses nombreuses réalisations font preuve d’une démarche artistique hors normes qui s’est exprimée du court au long métrage et de la fiction au documentaire en passant par l’expérimental ». «… les oeuvres de Richard Lavoie ont touché tous les publics, enfants comme adultes, et enrichi le patrimoine cinéma-tographique québécois par leur engagement social et leur huma-nisme ».
-Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec

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Aristide Gagnon... The eighth day - Richard Lavoie - 2016
Aristide Gagnon... The eighth day - Richard Lavoie - 2016
Aristide Gagnon... The eighth day - Richard Lavoie - 2016

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