Loin D'où? (Far from Where?)

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TIFF Lightbox 4 Sat, May 5, 2018 12:15 PM
In her signature lyrical style, the director explores her relationship with an incarcerated American writer serving a life sentence, whose poetry and prose measure the power of language and attempt to redefine time and reality.
Film Info
Runtime:24
Copyright:1989
Country Listing:Canada
Rating:PG
Festival Info
Festival Year:2018
Language:French
Accessibility:Full Subtitles
Program Category:Redux
Cast/Crew Info
Director(s):Michka Saäl
Producer(s):Jeannine Gagné
François Bouvier
Editor(s):Fernand Bélanger
Writer(s):Michka Saäl
Cinematography:Michel Lamothe
Composer:Abdullah Ibrahim
Sound:Catherine Van Der Donckt
Claude Beaugrand
Justine Pimlott

Description

Michka Saäl's first short is a rumination on displacement. Arriving from North Africa (Saäl was of Tunisian origins), an unnamed narrator explores her new home of Montreal. The shock of the snow and a sense of exile are framed around, and intentionally subvert, Quebec's motto: Je me souviens. Kiva Reardon