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This feature documentary zooms in on Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges borough, where over 75 ethnic groups live side by side in a dizzying swirl of sound and colour. One day, filmmaker Lucie Lachapelle began knocking on the doors that isolated her from her neighbours. The result is a vibrant film about freedom and uprootedness set to urban music composed by Montreal jazz artist Harold Faustin.

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This feature documentary zooms in on Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges borough, where over 75 ethnic groups live side by side in a dizzying swirl of sound and colour. One day, filmmaker Lucie Lachapelle began knocking on the doors that isolated her from her neighbours. The result is a vibrant film about freedom and uprootedness set to urban music composed by Montreal jazz artist Harold Faustin.

director

Lucie Lachapelle
script

Lucie Lachapelle
producer

Josée Beaudet

Joanne Carrière
images

André-Luc Dupont
sound

Esther Auger
editing

Teresa de Luca
sound editing

France Dubé
music mixing

Louis Hone

Nathalie Morin
sound mixer

Shelley Craig

Geoffrey Mitchell
narration

Danielle Proulx
music

Harold Faustin