Sessions
2012
1 h 24 min
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Can we fight or even overcome cancer in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility? Filmmaker Danic Champoux believes so and in his documentary, Sessions, he dispels many of the clichés associated with the disease, using empathy and humour to reveal the extraordinary resilience of human beings. Shot over the course of a year in the common room of an oncology centre, where patients regularly meet when undergoing chemotherapy, the film invites viewers to look at cancer from a new perspective. Sessions chronicles the patients’ intensely emotional encounters, deftly capturing the love and joie de vivre that brighten their often stressful …
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Can we fight or even overcome cancer in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility? Filmmaker Danic Champoux believes so and in his documentary, Sessions, he dispels many of the clichés associated with the disease, using empathy and humour to reveal the extraordinary resilience of human beings.
Shot over the course of a year in the common room of an oncology centre, where patients regularly meet when undergoing chemotherapy, the film invites viewers to look at cancer from a new perspective. Sessions chronicles the patients’ intensely emotional encounters, deftly capturing the love and joie de vivre that brighten their often stressful days. Never denying the distress of cancer patients, and that of their families and friends as well, Sessions is, above all, a work of deep humanity and a sensitive portrait of life’s mysteries.
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directorDanic Champoux
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participantJacques BienvenueMarie-Rose BienvenueSandra BenoîtAlain BernierMélanie BockusNil BoilyNathalie BoulaisColette BourgeoisMathieu BourgeoisJohanne BoutinLaurraine BrienLouise Brien-MaynardArthur BrulotteSophie ChalifouxDenise ChampouxLine CloutierMicheline CloutierYvon CôtéÉlise DalpéJeannine DaucourtJacques DenigerJohanne DesgensÉlise DesjardinsAndré DeslandesMurielle DolbecRobert DolbecLyne DumontSonia DumontYvonne DussaultMarilou FoisyGilles GagnéMarie-Jeanne GagnéMonique GagnéMarie-Elaine GenestAlain GevryIda GincePauline GosselinKatia GoudreaultMichel GrenierBrenda GrubbLyndford HadlockChristine HamelMeggie HamelDeborah HayesMarie-Marthe JalbertRéjeanne JalbertRobert JalbertPatricia JequierPeter KoopmannHélène LacroixLéo-Paul LaflammeMichael LaflammeJacques LambertCarole LapalmeLise LarivièreChantal LedouxMichèle LemaireAnnie LoignonLucienne MathurinCarl McKelveyMelissa McKelveyManon MénardVéronique MessierYvon MessierMaryse NadeauMarielle ParadisLaura PearceNormand PépinGilles PlanteSylvie PouliotJo-Ann QuartzPriscilla RobertFrancine RuddMichel SaadMarilyne SamsonManon SavardLinda St-AmantClaire TessierPeter TracyMadone Truchon
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researcherDanic Champoux
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writerDanic Champoux
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producerColette Loumède
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editingRené Roberge
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cameraAlex Margineanu
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location soundStéphane Barsalou
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additional sound recordingPierre Bertrand
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production assistantMarie-Ève Grignon
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sound editingBenoît Dame
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assistant sound editorCatherine Van Der Donckt
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translationPaula McKeownVision Globale
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subtitlesPaula McKeownVision Globale
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technical support - editingDanielle RaymondPierre DupontIsabelle PainchaudPatrick Trahan
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online editingDenis Pilon
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titlesGaspard Gaudreau
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foleyStéphane Cadotte
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foley assistantSylvain Robillard
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foley recordingGeoffrey Mitchell
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re-recordingSerge Boivin
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marketing managerFrançois Jacques
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marketing manager - assistanceÉmilie Nguyen Ngoc
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administratorJohanne Dubuc
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production coordinatorHélène RegimbalDominique Brunet
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administrative assistantLise Lévesque
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technical coordinatorRichard ClicheDaniel Pellerin
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associate producerMaryse ChapdelaineMélanie Lasnier
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producer in developmentLine Richard
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executive producerColette Loumède
Education
Ages 15 to 17
Family Studies/Home Economics - Aging/Death and Dying
Science - Biology
Brainstorm student understanding of oncology and how cancer is usually treated. Comment on the various conversations among the chemo patients in the film. What new perspectives did you gain about cancer patients and their treatments? Identify the filmmaker’s purpose in filming these sessions. Was his purpose successful? Discuss as a group.
