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Lumen

Stéphanie Bélanger / 2024 / 13 min. / Canada / FRENCH / Canada

Synopsis

It has been raining heavily for months and the sixth wave is depressing humanity. In this prevailing darkness, Claude, 70 years old, compulsively buys lamps online to break his solitude and bring light into his life, at any cost.

Cast & Crew

  • Screenplay : Stéphanie Bélanger
  • Cinematographer : Yannick Nolin
  • Editor : Emmanuelle Lane
  • Sound : René Portillo
  • Sound mix : Daniel Toussaint
  • Sound editor : Daniel Toussaint & Félixe Sturk Lussier
  • Music : Pierre-Philippe Côté
  • Artistic director : Yza Nouiga & Ribo
  • Cast : Carmen Sylvestre, Caroline Bélanger & Benoît Arcand

Genre

Fiction

Topics

Culture and society, Quebec, Elderly

Biography

After immersing herself in the Parisian audiovisual industry for a decade, Stéphanie has returned to her Quebecois roots to pursue a comprehensive screenwriting education at L'inis. With an enduring passion for words, she adeptly traverses the spectrum from absurd humour to gripping drama, deftly manipulating the intricacies of the human experience and drawing forth its beauty from within its vulnerabilities. Amidst a diverse array of audiovisual and literary projects, she makes her directorial debut with 'Lumen,' a pandemic-inspired endeavour that delves into the solitary enclave of a tech-savvy septuagenarian, tethered to her computer as if it were a lifeline.

- 2024 - 

Palm Springs Short Film Festival, USA
Nevada City Film Festival, USA
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA), USA
Fantasia, Montréal - Canada

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Lumen - Stéphanie Bélanger - 2024
Lumen - Stéphanie Bélanger - 2024
Lumen - Stéphanie Bélanger - 2024

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