Born in Baie-Comeau, Manon Cousin is a photographer, producer and director based in Montreal. In the 90's, she traveled around Asia and settled in China for 4 years. It was there that she learned Mandarin and completed several photographic projects. Her work has been exhibited in several galleries and museums in Canada and the United States. She is currently developing a documentary on the photographer Sam Tata, who photographed the 1940's communist takeover of Shanghai and the Indian independence movement in Bombay. Les fils is her first documentary film.
The ambition of the ''Sons'' (Les Fils),a new kind of religious outfit, was to get out of the presbyteries to meet the "small people", and even to work in factories alongside a poor and neglected population. In opposition to the clerical power, they took over an underprivileged neighborhood with a remarkable proximity and gave a voice to its inhabitants. They also found themselves at the heart ...
The ambition of the ''Sons'' (Les Fils),a new kind of religious outfit, was to get out of the presbyteries to meet the "small people", and even to work in factories alongside a poor and neglected population. In opposition to the clerical power, they took over an underprivileged neighborhood with a remarkable proximity and gave a voice to its inhabitants. They also found themselves at the heart ...