LOST PARADISE LOST

25 min, fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2017
Directed byYan Giroux
Produced byAnnick Blanc (Midi la Nuit)
LanguagesFrench, English
Short descriptionDisappointed by their daily routine, Julie and Victor join a group of mysterious strangers on a walk to nowhere, as they await the role of a lifetime.
Film subjects Society
Regis du cinemas, general

Film details

Synopsis

Prisoners of their technology-bound lives, Julie and Victor feel disillusioned with humanity. They stumble upon a mysterious group who, after stripping them bare, welcomes them and gives them ready-made roles to play. Joining the strangers, they head into the forest toward an unknown destination, until they suddenly come under attack. As they face this threat together, Julie and Victor will need to separate truth from fiction. Or simply surrender to the pleasure of artifice…

 

Credits

Script : Guillaume Corbeil et Yan Giroux
Direction : Yan Giroux
Photography : Olivier Laberge
Artistic Direction : Geneviève Huot
Editing : Yan Giroux
Sound Design : Marie-Pierre Grenier
Music : Marie-Héléne L. Delorme
Costume Designer : Catherine Guyot-Sionnest
Production : Annick Blanc (Midi la Nuit)

 

With : Ève Duranceau et William Pelletier

 

Financial Partners

SODEC

Conseil des arts et des lettre du Québec

Aide au Cinéma indépendant du Canada (ACIC)

Mesl

Post Moderne

Alt

Post430

Bande à Part

Direction

Yan Giroux

Yan Giroux independently produced his documentaries between 2007 and 2012, allowing him to develop his vision, which would later grow with more resources and ambition in his fiction short films. In addition to being recognized locally, his shorts have been showcased in several international festivals, including Sundance Film Festival. His first feature film, For Those Who Don’t Read Me (2018), won several awards at the Gala Québec Cinéma.

 

Filmography

MY SON CAME BACK TO DISAPPEAR, 82 min, Fiction, 2025

STANDARDIZED PATIENT PROGRAM, 23 min, Fiction, 2022

FOR THOSE WHO DON’T READ ME, 107 min, Fiction, 2018

LOST PARADISE LOST, 25 min, Fiction, 2017

MI NIÑA MI VIDA, 18 min, Fiction, 2013

SURVEILLANT, 17 min, Fiction, 2011

JULY 14 IN MARSEILLE, 86 min, Documentary, 2012

ELEGANT, 84 min, Documentary, 2009

CUBANOS, LIFE AND DEATH OF A REVOLUTION, 82 min, Documentary, 2007