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I Had an Obvious Idea and I'm Waiting for it to Come Back
Synopsis
A filmmaker, newly a mother, stages her desire to return to creation. Drained by a long postpartum period and haunted by the fear of quietly fading between two loads of laundry, she clings to her camera, seeking traces of cinema within her own home. As she crafts and re-enacts her own scenes, she is swept up by the game itself, rediscovering the joy of invention and transforming her reality. The film celebrates the quiet power of time passing, in life as in creation.
Cast & Crew
- Screenplay : Emilie Baillargeon
- Cinematographer : Emilie Baillargeon
- Editing : Emilie Baillargeon
- Music : Benoit Paradis
- Sound Design : Benoît Dame
- Production : Emilie Baillargeon
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Festivals
[2025] Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (RIDM), Canada
[2026] RVQC, Canada
Director's statement
After an extended postpartum period, I felt a strong need to return to creation. I began filming myself within the everyday domestic space that had come to define my new reality as a mother. The camera became both witness and tool—a way to observe how this intimate transformation intersected with questions of identity, labor, and authorship.
Motherhood revealed a complex paradox: the coexistence of devotion and erasure, of sacredness and invisibility. This tension became central to the film, shaping both its emotional tone and formal approach. Through small performative gestures and self-imposed exercises, I sought to translate the invisible weight of care work into images and movement.
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