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 |
| Camera | François Vincelette | Additional Camera |
| Sound | Luc Sicard | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Perrine Bral | Production Assistant |
| Production | Chris Niesing | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Mélanie Gauthier | Location Sound Recordist |
| Production | Myriam Berthelet | Researcher |
| Camera | Carole Laganière | Additional Camera |
| Production | Olga Maticevic | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Richard Lavoie | Location Sound Recordist |
| Production | Rance Russo | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Dominic Dorval | Still Photographer |
| Production | Johanne Dubuc | Administration |
| Crew | Pierre Dupont | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Patrick Trahan | Technical Advisor |
| Art | Gaspard Gaudreau | Title Designer |
| Crew | Richard Cliche | Technical Supervisor |
| Sound | Mélanie Auclair | Musician |
| Sound | Claude Beaugrand | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Francine Poirier | Dialogue Editor |
| Production | Mélanie Lasnier | Associate Producer |
| Production | Colette Loumède | Producer |
| Production | Sia Koukoulas | Administration |
| Crew | Lise Lévesque | Administrative Assistant |
| Crew | Isabelle Painchaud | Technical Advisor |
| Sound | Andrew Czerny | Musician |
| Crew | Sophie Dupuis | Administrative Assistant |
| Editing | Yannick Carrier | Online Editor |
| Sound | Lise Wedlock | Foley |
| Sound | Louis Léger | Location Sound Recordist |
| Art | Mélanie Bouchard | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Serge Boivin | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Luc Sicard | Musician |
| Production | Hélène Regimbal | Production Coordinator |
| Camera | Dominic Dorval | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Carole Laganière | Writer |
