GORDON SHEPPARD OU L’ART DE BIEN MOURIR

Francine Pelletier

Subjects: Arts & Culture , Portraits

Directed by

Francine Pelletier

Languages

French, English

Produced by

Motsjo Films

French version (Subscription) French Version (Rental)

86 min, documentary, Quebec, Canada, 2011

This documentary depicts the last year of Montreal artist Gordon Sheppard, before his death.

Synopsis

An unflinching look at the last days of a man’s life, the film chronicles Montreal writer, filmmaker and photographer Gordon Sheppard in the last year of his battle with prostate cancer. Far from being a grim encounter, the film offers a revealing look at a very unusual man, trying to turn his dying days into a work of art, as well as an intimate look at what it means to die.

 

Credit

Script ans direction : Francine Pelletier

Editing : Dominique Champagne

Photography : François Beauchemin et Carlos Ferrand

Sound Recording : Catherine Van Der Donckt

Music : Keith Thomas

Sound Editing : Paul Gauthier

Sound Mixing : Bruno Bélanger

Production : Motsjo Films

 

Financial Partners

Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec

SODEC

PRIM

Francine Pelletier

Francine Pelletier is a journalist, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the feminist newspaper La Vie en rose. She has been writing and directing documentaries since 2001, among which Monsieur (2003), a documentary on the former prime minister Jacques Parizeau, Baise Majesté (2004), a documentary series on woman and sexuality, La Femme qui ne se voyait plus aller (2007), focusing the former CEO of Cinar Micheline Charest, et Babine: la fabrication du grandiose (2008), a making-of Babine de Luc Picard and Fred Pellerin's film.   Filmography   La Croisée des chemins (2013 / 65 min) La revanche du tango (2012 / 70 min) Gordon Sheppard ou l'art de bien mourir (2011 / 86 min) Le cosaque de la rue St-Urbain (2010) Mes soeurs musulmanes (2009 / 68 min) La femme qui ne se voyait plus aller (2008) Baise Majesté (2005) Monsieur (2003 / 52 min)