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In Pieces

Paule Baillargeon is 37 years old, 11 years old, 65 years old. . . In this film composed of fragments, she tells her story: the story of a woman, a filmmaker, a mother, a feminist, an artist. Of an actress, too, who delivers a powerful narrative that is both soothing and unsettling. These potent images, her images—filmed, painted, photographed, drawn, animated—merge into the portrait of a life that has been wild, rebellious and gentle. The tableaux are not so much autobiography as an authentic tale, as unpredictable and unique as any life.
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Paule Baillargeon is 37 years old, 11 years old, 65 years old. . . In this film composed of fragments, she tells her story: the story of a woman, a filmmaker, a mother, a feminist, an artist. Of an actress, too, who delivers a powerful narrative that is both soothing and unsettling. These potent images, her images—filmed, painted, photographed, drawn, animated—merge into the portrait of a life that has been wild, rebellious and gentle. The tableaux are not so much autobiography as an authentic tale, as unpredictable and unique as any life.

Women - Portraits Film and Video Arts All subjects
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  • animation producer
    Julie Roy
  • animation artistic director
    Philippe Vaucher
  • animator
    Michel Pelland
    Rodolphe Saint-Gelais
  • research
    Paule Baillargeon
  • script
    Paule Baillargeon
  • direction
    Paule Baillargeon
  • narration
    Paule Baillargeon
  • collage
    Paule Baillargeon
  • drawings
    Paule Baillargeon
  • camera
    François Delisle
  • additional camera
    Jacques Leduc
  • first assistant director trainee
    Catherine Lachance
  • camera assistant
    Sandra Lombardi
    Sean Sweeney
  • location sound
    Marcel Chouinard
  • gaffer
    Tommy Diotte
  • props
    Caroline Alder
  • still photographer
    Christian Leduc
    Caroline Hayeur
  • production assistant
    Cédric Corbeil
  • editing
    Michel Giroux
  • editing assistant
    Marie-Loue Bellefleur
  • sound editing
    Luc Mandeville
  • dialogue editing
    Francine Poirier
  • voice director
    Kathleen Fee
  • head, coordination and project support
    Pierre Ferlatte
  • digital imaging specialist
    Pierre Plouffe
  • technical support - editing
    Danielle Raymond
    Pierre Dupont
    Isabelle Painchaud
    Patrick Trahan
  • online editing
    Yannick Carrier
  • translation
    Paula McKeown
  • subtitles
    Paula McKeown
  • narration translation
    Sheila Fischman
  • titles
    Gaspard Gaudreau
  • archival image processing
    Denis Bergeron
  • infographics
    Mélanie Bouchard
    Philippe Raymond
  • foley
    Alexis Pharand
  • narration recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
    Luc Léger
  • re-recording
    Serge Boivin
  • original music
    Blanche Baillargeon
  • musician
    Blanche Baillargeon
    Alexis Dumais
    Benoît Paradis
    Jean-Christophe Lizotte
    Jean-Frédéric Lizotte
    Luzio Altobelli
    Martine Gaumond
    Nicolas Letarte
    Rachel Therrien
    Pascal Racine-Venne
    Rick Haworth
  • music consultant
    Robert Marcel Lepage
  • musical recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • music mixing
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • rights researcher
    Nancy Marcotte
  • rights clearances
    Nancy Marcotte
  • special collaboration
    Hélène Girard
  • marketing manager
    Julie Arseneault
  • marketing manager - assistance
    Karine Sévigny
  • administrator
    Johanne Dubuc
  • production coordinator
    Hélène Regimbal
    Dominique Brunet
  • administrative assistant
    Lise Lévesque
  • technical coordinator
    Jean-François Laprise
    Luc Binette
  • associate producer
    Maryse Chapdelaine
  • senior producer
    Colette Loumède

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Ages 16 to 17

Notes

Lead a discussion on the following questions: What parts of the portrait seem brightest and darkest? How are different generations of women depicted? What role does the body play? What about the narration? In what way does the director redirect her anger and fears? Finally, invite students to create autobiographical vignettes in the form of five self-portraits.

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