The Rebelious One
Half-fiction and half-documentary, _The Rebelious One_ is both a personal interpretation and a poetical rendition of Marie-Claire Blais' work that follows the Quebec writer's literary journey through eleven of her novels. Like a continuous thread leading us through the discovery of her writings, the voice, the vision and the keen consciousness of Blais recall the social events and the human drama that still compel her to write.
| Director | Jeannine Gagné |
| Actor | Naomie Décarie-Daigneault |
| Share on |
The reading of an oeuvre is a deeply personal experience. If every relationship to the world is interpretative, then the relationship to a literary work, with its density and abundance of meaning, becomes a particularly rich amalgam of the universal and the individual. The fascination lies not only in what connects interpretations but also in the curious recognition of the unique highlights each reader brings to light. Jeannine Gagné's cinematic proposition delves into the inner landscapes evoked in her by the writings of Marie-Claire Blais. It is a fascinating act of media translation, revealing hermeneutics in action. What visions has Gagné conjured from book to book? What worlds have these visions brought to life? Which characters became so vivid and tangible that she sought to capture their faces? The striking images of tragic young wanderers render this interpretative process especially compelling. Languages intermingle, as do levels of reality, creating a blur of meanings and temporalities that expose the extraordinary power of literature. Blais’s work, imbued with defiance and a relentless engagement with the world and the pain it seeks to conceal, is here personified in three faces layered with multifaceted meanings. Gagné’s scenes function as tropes, inviting an inimitable and singular reading while simultaneously creating a new work in the process. If The Rebellious One inspires a desire to dive into Blais’s universe, it also enriches our next encounter with her texts, leaving an indelible mark on our imaginations with these strange, beautiful scenes and the tragic face of the dramatist.
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk's Artistic Director
- Année 1998
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 53
- Producteur Les Films de l'Autre
- Langue French
- Résumé court Retracing the work of Marie-Claire Blais and showcasing excerpts from her books, this film presents a mosaic of her world and reinvents the cinematic literary biography.
- Feministe equitable 1
The reading of an oeuvre is a deeply personal experience. If every relationship to the world is interpretative, then the relationship to a literary work, with its density and abundance of meaning, becomes a particularly rich amalgam of the universal and the individual. The fascination lies not only in what connects interpretations but also in the curious recognition of the unique highlights each reader brings to light. Jeannine Gagné's cinematic proposition delves into the inner landscapes evoked in her by the writings of Marie-Claire Blais. It is a fascinating act of media translation, revealing hermeneutics in action. What visions has Gagné conjured from book to book? What worlds have these visions brought to life? Which characters became so vivid and tangible that she sought to capture their faces? The striking images of tragic young wanderers render this interpretative process especially compelling. Languages intermingle, as do levels of reality, creating a blur of meanings and temporalities that expose the extraordinary power of literature. Blais’s work, imbued with defiance and a relentless engagement with the world and the pain it seeks to conceal, is here personified in three faces layered with multifaceted meanings. Gagné’s scenes function as tropes, inviting an inimitable and singular reading while simultaneously creating a new work in the process. If The Rebellious One inspires a desire to dive into Blais’s universe, it also enriches our next encounter with her texts, leaving an indelible mark on our imaginations with these strange, beautiful scenes and the tragic face of the dramatist.
Naomie Décarie-Daigneault
Tënk's Artistic Director
- Année 1998
- Pays Quebec
- Durée 53
- Producteur Les Films de l'Autre
- Langue French
- Résumé court Retracing the work of Marie-Claire Blais and showcasing excerpts from her books, this film presents a mosaic of her world and reinvents the cinematic literary biography.
- Feministe equitable 1
