After ten years with Les Films de l'Autre, Quebec filmmaker and producer Jeannine Gagné founded Amazone Film, a company specializing in the production of auteur films. She is also a visiting professor at INIS, as well as a consultant in production and scriptwriting. Her work has been the subject of a retrospective at the Cinémathèque québécoise, a tribute at Regard sur le court in Saguenay, and the RVCQ celebrated the 10th anniversary of her company in 2009. She has directed experimental films, documentaries, and fictions, including the documentaries Drôle de fille (1987), Bébé Bonheur (1995) and L'insoumise, based on the work of Marie-Claire Blais (1998), followed by the feature-length fiction film Au fil de l'eau (2003).
By juxtaposing moments so natural that they seem stolen from the city itself, Aube urbaine recreates the stark reality of a winter morning. Narrative fragments are superimposed over beautiful black-and-white shots and spontaneously delivered so as to form a fresco, rendering the true soul of the city and of its inhabitants. In the twilight, the footsteps of a young woman trampling in the s...
By juxtaposing moments so natural that they seem stolen from the city itself, Aube urbaine recreates the stark reality of a winter morning. Narrative fragments are superimposed over beautiful black-and-white shots and spontaneously delivered so as to form a fresco, rendering the true soul of the city and of its inhabitants. In the twilight, the footsteps of a young woman trampling in the s...