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Anatomy

A white room. The aging bodies of actors Gilles Pelletier and Françoise Graton testify to a love that has triumphed over time and engage in a captivating dialogue of desire, defying inertia, old age and death. This short film is a starkly pure evocation of the senses.
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A white room. The aging bodies of actors Gilles Pelletier and Françoise Graton testify to a love that has triumphed over time and engage in a captivating dialogue of desire, defying inertia, old age and death. This short film is a starkly pure evocation of the senses.

Seniors Sexuality and Reproduction All subjects
  • participant
    Françoise Graton
    Gilles Pelletier
  • writer
    Patrick Bossé
  • director
    Patrick Bossé
  • producer
    Catherine Chagnon
    Nathalie Cloutier
  • cinematography
    Antonio Pierre de Almeida
  • costume design
    Éric Poirier
  • film editing
    Myriam Magassouba
  • sound
    Guillaume Daoust
    Jean-François Sauvé
    Bernard Gariepy Strobl
  • original score
    Forêt
  • makeup artist
    Marie Salvado
  • hairstylist
    Marie Salvado
  • set dresser
    Anette Belley
  • set propsman
    Éryck Aubuchon
  • 1st assistant camera
    Gabriel Gervais Caron
  • gaffer
    Léo Lecours-Pelletier
  • best boy electric
    Guillaume Carbonneau
  • still photographer
    Takashi Seida
  • assistant editor
    Sophie Benoît Sylvestre
  • data wrangler
    Étienne Caron
  • graphic design
    Feed
  • graphic animation
    Davide Di Saro'
  • production assistant
    Alexandre Legault-Déry
  • production accountant
    Vanessa Audet
  • online editing
    François Massé
    Mathieu Beausoleil
  • colourization process
    Éric Gaudry
  • project management
    Catherine Saint-Hilaire
  • sales representative
    Lyne Lapointe
  • assistant sound editor
    Simon Girard
  • foley artist
    Nicolas Gagnon
  • foley recordist
    Daniel Bisson
  • ADR recordist
    Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher
  • technical assistant
    Christophe Bertrand
    Léonard Vasco
  • original sound co-ordinator
    Marcelle Cadieux
  • director of operations
    Martin Cazes
  • marketing manager
    Paule Béland
  • marketing manager - assistance
    Catherine Benoît
  • administrator
    Sia Koukoulas
  • production coordinator
    Hélène Regimbal
  • administrative assistant
    Perrine Bral
    Sophie Dupuis
  • technical coordinator
    Richard Cliche
  • associate producer
    Mélanie Lasnier
  • executive producer
    Colette Loumède

Education

Ages 15 to 18
School subjects
Family Studies/Home Economics - Aging/Death and Dying Family Studies/Home Economics - Relationships Health/Personal Development - Body Image Media Education - Body Image

Ideal for media classes on images of ageing and the body. What is your reaction to the couple in the film? What would be different if the actors were younger? Discuss representations of the elderly in the media. Compare them with elderly people in your own life. Find images of elderly people that you think are beautiful. Create a photo-essay on your grandparents. Set up a letter-writing exchange with a seniors’ home. Ask the seniors to provide advice about relationships.

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