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À Mort

1972

A fragmentary, contemplative look back at a vanished place, drifting between nostalgia and mortality like a half-remembered dream.

Directed by
Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin
Overview
An unfinished film on Belmont Park, the mecca of popular culture in Quebec in the 1950s. An anthropological reflection on life and death.

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Directed by
Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin
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    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • death
    • class
    Places
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    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension1
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight5

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    Directed by
    Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin
    Written by
    Pierre Falardeau, Julien Poulin
    Country
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