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. In the fall of 2021, the duo made a strong comeback with their second feature-length documentary, Dehors Serge Dehors, which premiered in the National Competition at the 24th edition of RIDM. Simon & Marianne is the duo’s third film.
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Simon & Marianne
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Simon is living with an inoperable brain tumor that casts a shadow over his remaining days. The time for major decisions is approaching. Supported by his partner Marianne, Simon stands at the threshold of two worlds—fragile, lucid, fully present to everything around him. Filmed almost entirely at night and in black and white, the documentary captures their final summer together.
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. ...
Simon & Marianne
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Simon is living with an inoperable brain tumor that casts a shadow over his remaining days. The time for major decisions is approaching. Supported by his partner Marianne, Simon stands at the threshold of two worlds—fragile, lucid, fully present to everything around him. Filmed almost entirely at night and in black and white, the documentary captures their final summer together.
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. ...
