Absences (2014)
Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on daily lives. Inspired by her mother’s steadily advancing Alzheimer’s and the inevitability of her estrangement, Laganière weaves their story with the stories of others wrestling with loss: Ines, an immigrant who returns to her birth country of Croatia to find the mother who abandoned her during the war; Deni, an American author who’s finally able to search for his Quebec roots; and Nathalie, who’s desperately looking for her missing sister. Through their experiences the film ponders how absence is often the catalyst for a quest—a quest for information, understanding and often acceptance. Through its many voices, Absences speaks to us of the immense fragility and resiliency of human emotions.
Director: Carole Laganière
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Colette Sauvageau as Self |
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Deni Yvan Béchard as Self |
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Nathalie Bergeron as Self |
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Ines Hajrovic as Self |
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Yvonne Duguay as Self |
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Marcel Dumesnil as Self |
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Zekija Hajrovic as Self |
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Robert Hendrickson as Self |
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Laurette Sauvageau as Self |
| Directing | Carole Laganière | Director |
| Sound | Richard Lavoie | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mélanie Gauthier | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Louis Léger | Location Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Luc Sicard | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Myriam Berthelet | Researcher |
| Camera | Carole Laganière | Additional Camera |
| Camera | François Vincelette | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Dominic Dorval | Still Photographer |
| Production | Perrine Bral | Production Assistant |
| Production | Olga Maticevic | Production Assistant |
| Production | Chris Niesing | Production Assistant |
| Production | Rance Russo | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Claude Beaugrand | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Francine Poirier | Dialogue Editor |
| Crew | Pierre Dupont | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Isabelle Painchaud | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Patrick Trahan | Technical Advisor |
| Editing | Yannick Carrier | Online Editor |
| Art | Gaspard Gaudreau | Title Designer |
| Art | Mélanie Bouchard | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Lise Wedlock | Foley |
| Sound | Serge Boivin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Luc Sicard | Musician |
| Sound | Mélanie Auclair | Musician |
| Sound | Andrew Czerny | Musician |
| Production | Johanne Dubuc | Administration |
| Production | Sia Koukoulas | Administration |
| Production | Hélène Regimbal | Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Sophie Dupuis | Administrative Assistant |
| Crew | Lise Lévesque | Administrative Assistant |
| Crew | Richard Cliche | Technical Supervisor |
| Production | Mélanie Lasnier | Associate Producer |
| Production | Colette Loumède | Producer |
| Camera | Dominic Dorval | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Carole Laganière | Writer |
