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Hydro-Lévesque

Genre

Experimental

Directed By

Matthew Rankin

Date: Jun 2008
Length: 00:16:00
Process: B&W, Colour
Country: Canada
Language: English, French
Subtitle Languages: English
Shooting Format: 16 mm, Found Footage
Sound Format: Dialogue, Music, Voice-Over

Synopsis

November, 1976. As Québec strides boldly towards independence, a supernatural vision of tragedy inspires a deaf-mute Québécoise Catholic nun to save the city of Winnipeg from committing mass suicide. Arriving just in time to find Winnipeg’s polio-stricken mayor leading the citizens into self-destructive hysteria, the Holy Sister must prepare the way to salvation by filling the city’s troubled heart with the radiant electricity of Québec sovereigntist leader, René Lévesque. Mixing historical iconographies with abstract surrealism, Hydro-Lévesque is a message of incandescent Québec nationalist love, wafting across Winnipeg’s denigrated icefields in smoke. Winner of the 2008 Special Jury Prize at the WNDX Festival of Film & Video Art and Festival De Cinéma Des Trois Amériques, Hydro-Lévesque’s startling formalism was created by manipulating the celluloid emulsion with Berg toners, Javex bleach, spray paint, a hole-puncher, burning cigarettes and human urine.

Tags

catholic, humanity, humor, industry, nationalism, Quebec, surreal, Winnipeg

Credits

Director
Matthew Rankin
Cinematographer
Ryan Herdman
Music
Alek Rzeszowski, Patrick Keenan
Writer
Matthew Rankin
Producer
Paul-E. Audet
Editor
Matthew Rankin
Animation
Matthew Rankin
Sound
Patrice Leblanc
Cast
Maude Payette, Rob Vilar, Jean-Marc Haché, Nick Hill, Alek Rzeszowski

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