Absences

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.

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Art

Gaspard Gaudreau

Title Designer

Mélanie Bouchard

Graphic Designer

Camera

Carole Laganière

Additional Camera

François Vincelette

Additional Camera

Dominic Dorval

Still Photographer

Crew

Dominic Dorval

Cinematography

Pierre Dupont

Technical Advisor

Isabelle Painchaud

Technical Advisor

Patrick Trahan

Technical Advisor

Sophie Dupuis

Administrative Assistant

Lise Lévesque

Administrative Assistant

Richard Cliche

Technical Supervisor

Directing

Editing

Yannick Carrier

Online Editor

Production

Myriam Berthelet

Researcher

Perrine Bral

Production Assistant

Olga Maticevic

Production Assistant

Chris Niesing

Production Assistant

Rance Russo

Production Assistant

Johanne Dubuc

Administration

Sia Koukoulas

Administration

Hélène Regimbal

Production Coordinator

Mélanie Lasnier

Associate Producer

Sound

Richard Lavoie

Location Sound Recordist

Mélanie Gauthier

Location Sound Recordist

Louis Léger

Location Sound Recordist

Luc Sicard

Original Music Composer

Claude Beaugrand

Sound Editor

Francine Poirier

Dialogue Editor

Serge Boivin

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Luc Sicard

Musician

Andrew Czerny

Musician