This feature documentary represents a quest that is both personal and universal. Director Claude Demers (Barbers: A Men’s Story, Ladies in Blue) revisits the working-class neighbourhood of Verdun where he grew up and asks questions about the mysteries of his origins and his formative years, which were marked by abandonment. Bastien and Cédric, two young boys who are discovering the world around them, serve as the narrator’s alter egos. Between past and present, birth and death, Where I'm From traces the course of one man's redemption. The film marries realism with lyricism and a vibrant soundtrack that celebrates life.
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participationCédric JoyalBastien-Xavier Landry-MironJanie-Luc Beauchamp-FrancoeurGaby BrunoKarl FontaineEsther HagemanHopeton MorrisBenoit PoirierSerge PoirierPavel Pugachev
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writerClaude Demers
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directorClaude Demers
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director of photographyJean-Pierre St-LouisNicolas Canniccioni
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editingAlexandre Leblanc
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sound recordingSylvain Vary
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sound editingClaude Beaugrand
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additional cameraClaude DemersAlexandre Leblanc
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additional sound recordingMarcel ChouinardMélanie GauthierRichard LavoieOlivier LégerSimon Plouffe
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researchClaude Demers
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research assistantDoris LapierreIsabelle Potvin
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production assistantAgnès FalquetMarie-Ève GrignonÉtienne HansezIan JaquierFrance LareauIsabel MohnShane Smith
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editing advisorMichel Giroux
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editing assistantAriane Pétel-Despots
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dialogue editingFrancine Poirier
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additional sound editingFrançois Senneville
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aerial photographyClaude DuchaînePaul Hurteau
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car gripBertrand Dupuis
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technical coordinator - shooting equipmentSteve Hallé
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technical support - editingPierre DupontIsabelle PainchaudPatrick Trahan
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translationVision Globale
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titlesGaspard Gaudreau
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infographicsMélanie Bouchard
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online editingDenis Gathelier
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narrationClaude Demers
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narration recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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foleyLise Wedlock
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re-recordingSerge Boivin
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original musicAlexandre CorbeilGabriel Dharmoo
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musicianAlexandre CorbeilGabriel Dharmoo
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music recordingJean-François Blouin
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marketing managerFrançois Jacques
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marketing manager - assistanceCatherine BenoîtGeneviève Bérard
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administratorSia KoukoulasJohanne Dubuc
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production coordinatorHélène Regimbal
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administrative assistantPerrine BralSophie DupuisLise Lévesque
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technical coordinatorRichard Cliche
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associate producerMélanie Lasnier
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producerColette Loumède
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Where I'm From, Claude Demers, provided by the National Film Board of Canada