Directed by
Jean-François Lesage
Languages
French, English, Creole
Produced by
Les Films de l'Autre
79 min, documentary, Canada, 2020. Best Canadian Feature Documentary Award at Hotdocs Festival
Synopsis
Night has fallen and Montreal is under a blanket of snow. At the City Transit Company, people line up at the lost and found office where upon reflection, losing something becomes a symbol of a deeper loss. The creative documentary is sometimes melancholic, sometimes festive yet always compassionate. In fact, it makes you appreciate Winter.
Crédits
Written and Directed by : Jean-François Lesage
Photography : Marianne Ploska
Editing :Mathieu Bouchard-Malo and Ariane Pétel-Despots
Sound : Marie-Andrée Cormier
Sound Design : Marie-Pierre Grenier
Sound Mix : Olivier Germain
Music : Tom Brunt
Produced by : Les Films de l’Autre, Jean-François Lesage
Jean-François Lesage
After studying law, Jean-François Lesage began his career as a journalist for Radio-Canada television in Alberta and British Columbia. In 1998, shaken by the discovery of Chinese cinema, he headed to Beijing, where he was to spend six years. This is where he directed his first creative documentary, Sweet Nights Sour Nights (2004). He followed this up with How Can You Tell if the Little Fish Are Happy? (2009) co-directed with his brother Philippe Lesage. Back in Montréal, he then made A Mile End Tale (2013), the closing film at Visions du Réel 2014, followed by A Summer Love (2015), winner of the Grand Prize for Best Canadian Feature at the RIDM. The Hidden River (2017), his fourth feature, won the Special Jury Prize (Canadian feature) at the RIDM. In 2020, his feature Prayer for a Lost Mitten won Best Canadian Documentary at Hot Docs. His most recent documentary feature is Among Mountains and Streams (2024).
Filmography
AMONG MOUNTAINSAND STREAMS, 98 min, Documentary, 2024
PRAYOR FOR A LOST MITTEN, 79 min, Documentary, 2021
THE HIDDEN RIVER, 75min, Documentary, 2017
A SUMMER LOVE, 62 min, Documentary, 2015
A MILE END TALE, 68 min, Documentary, 2013
HOW CAN YOU TELL IF THE LITTLE FISH ARE HAPPY?, 100 min, Documentary, 2009
SWEET NIGHTS SOUR NIGHTS, 52 min, Documentary, 2004