Martin Fournier
After his studies in psychology in Montreal and Ottawa, Martin Fournier began working on the streets, later becoming a social worker in mental health in Saint-Hyacinthe. That is when he first set foot on the grounds of Gaulin Manor, where he treated some of the residents. In 1998, he applied to Course Destination Monde, winning the Radio-Canada-Sodec Grand Prize. Following this, he began focusing on filmmaking. In 2002, he debuted his English-language documentary on Robert Lepage, Tuned to a Different Frequency, for the CBC. In 2004, he founded the collective Amerika Orchestra and filmed Daytona, a feature on young Quebecers celebrating Spring Break in the United States. He has since made several documentary series for TV. In 2015, he codirected the documentary Manor with Pier-Luc Latulippe, which received an award at the Festival international du film francophone de Namur. The last film of this filmmaking duo, Dehors Serge Dehors was presented at the RIDM in 2021.
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Manor
Since the 1990s, the old Gaulin Manor has housed erstwhile residents of the Saint-Hyacinthe psychiatric hospital. Some thirty inhabitants occupy this alternative lodging space, their salvation after the wave of deinstitutionalization that one day threw them into the streets with no resources. Profit rules, and so this motel at the world’s end will be destroyed to fill the pockets of promoters. ...
Manor
Since the 1990s, the old Gaulin Manor has housed erstwhile residents of the Saint-Hyacinthe psychiatric hospital. Some thirty inhabitants occupy this alternative lodging space, their salvation after the wave of deinstitutionalization that one day threw them into the streets with no resources. Profit rules, and so this motel at the world’s end will be destroyed to fill the pockets of promoters. ...
