Directed by
Julie Bourbonnais & Geneviève Philippon
Language
English
Produced by
Julie Bourbonnais and Geneviève Philippon (Little Baby Holler Productions)
81 min, Documentary, Canada, 2015
I’M GONE a film about a woman a mother a drug addict a daughter a liar a wife a relapser a mentor a self annihilator a musician a traitor a fighter amy
Synopsis
I’m gone is the story of a journey set to a dark country melody. Twenty hours on the road from Montréal to an island lost in foggy Nova Scotia, three drug addicts in remission, two filmmakers, ten million mosquitoes, twelve days to record an album and prove that it’s possible to stay alive and reinvent yourself. Meet Amy. Woman, mother, drug addict, lover, mentor, liar, fighter. Through her music and her words, follow this iconic Mile End woman who only knows how to live intensely under the ever present shadow of relapse.
Credits
Script : Julie Bourbonnais, Geneviève Philippon
Directior of Photography : Julie Bourbonnais, Geneviève Philippon
Editing : Isabelle Darveau
Online Editing: Sylvain Cossette
Sound Editing : Simon Gervais
Sound Mixing : Bruno Bélanger
Music : No Family
Sound : Julie Bourbonnais, Geneviève Philippon
Animation on16 mm : Aaron Zak
Production: Julie Bourbonnais, Geneviève Philippon
Financial partners
Prim
Bande à part
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
Little Baby Holler Productions
Les Films du 3 Mars
Julie Bourbonnais
Julie Bourbonnais is a freelance artistic director with diverse experience in theatre, photography and cinema. Her focus has shifted in the last few years to documentary filmmaking, where she explores the boundaries between film, art, architecture and drawing. She brings an authenticity and an open mindedness to her projects. She also prides herself in perfecting her ability to swear fluently in English which helps maintain both a cheerful and well-run set. Le Jour du mouton (2014 / 14 min) 138vs1 : a database experience (2011 / 20 min)