André-Line Beauparlant
With a degree in cinema from the Université de Montréal and in set design from the National Theatre School, André-Line Beauparlant has been the artistic director of more than twenty award-winning films in Quebec and abroad, including La moitié gauche du frigo, Incendies, Inch'allah and Tu dors Nicole. In 2001, she directed her first documentary Trois princesses pour Roland (Best director, Hot Docs 2002). She then made two other films that earned her the recognition of her peers and the industry : Le petit Jésus (Best director, Hot Docs 2005) and Panache. Pinocchio, her fourth feature-length documentary, earned her a special mention from the jury at the RIDM. In 2016, André-Line Beauparlant was awarded the Prix Création by the Observatoire du cinéma au Québec in recognition of her contribution to national filmmaking. In 2021, she directed the documentary Petit Tom.
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Le petit Jésus
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On August 30th, 1977, my brother was born. I was eleven years old. It was the first time that I saw my father cry. We had to be pray and above all, we had to behave ourselves. It was that day that my father stopped talking and my mother stopped laughing.
Three Princesses for Roland
Trois princesses pour Roland, quatre personnes, une famille. Une famille drôle et dure, touchante et repoussante, comme toutes les familles ; une famille pauvre, comme beaucoup de familles ; une famille unique pour la réalisatrice qui la côtoie depuis l’enfance. Le suicide de Roland devient le prétexte qui permet d'aborder la pauvreté, l'amour et la haine, le présent et le passé, l’alcool, la v...
Pinocchio
Eric is working his way around the world crewing on ships. He seems to be living the life he’s always dreamed of until he gets arrested in Brazil, awaiting deportation to Canada. Éric’s sister, filmmaker André-Line Beauparlant, gradually pierces the mystery surrounding her brother, a man of prodigious imagination, who has mastered the art of deception as the ultimate way of life.
Le petit Jésus
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On August 30th, 1977, my brother was born. I was eleven years old. It was the first time that I saw my father cry. We had to be pray and above all, we had to behave ourselves. It was that day that my father stopped talking and my mother stopped laughing.
Three Princesses for Roland
Trois princesses pour Roland, quatre personnes, une famille. Une famille drôle et dure, touchante et repoussante, comme toutes les familles ; une famille pauvre, comme beaucoup de familles ; une famille unique pour la réalisatrice qui la côtoie depuis l’enfance. Le suicide de Roland devient le prétexte qui permet d'aborder la pauvreté, l'amour et la haine, le présent et le passé, l’alcool, la v...
Pinocchio
Eric is working his way around the world crewing on ships. He seems to be living the life he’s always dreamed of until he gets arrested in Brazil, awaiting deportation to Canada. Éric’s sister, filmmaker André-Line Beauparlant, gradually pierces the mystery surrounding her brother, a man of prodigious imagination, who has mastered the art of deception as the ultimate way of life.
