Directed by
Emmanuel Tardif
Languages
French, English
Produced by
Kanif Productions
80 min, arthouse cinema, fiction, Canada, 2019
Liliane, an orphan girl, roams the city with her camera. At her side a young woman, Maya.
Synopsis
A young girl, Liliane, leaves her empty house. She meets Maya, who’s just a bit older. They bond, flee, fight, exchange passionate declarations… The dialogue is destabilizing and enigmatic, the shots are ingenious, and the black and white imagery nothing less than majestic. A film about wandering through simple places, seen in a thoroughly improbable way, with music seeping from the sets and doors opening between trees like so many narrative threads. A quest for infinite love. A waking dream, part poetic experiment and part art film, for the adventurous among us.
Credits
Written and directed by Emmanuel Tardif
Cinematography : Benoit Jones-Vallée
Artistic director : Audrey Lorrain
Editing : Emmanuel Tardif
Sound Design : François Lacasse
Music : Julien Racine
Sound Recording : Yecine Meliani
Visuel concept : Alain Omer Duranceau
Actors : Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau, Léa Roy, Pier-Luc Funk
Produced by Kanif Productions – Sandra-Dalhie Goyer
Emmanuel Tardif
Emmanuel Tardif approaches cinema as an abstract and revealing journey. Having extended his understanding of film production and direction at Concordia University, he pursued his work as a writer, director and editor on his first feature film, Speak Love, which took several years to write, prepare and finance. Since then, Emmanuel has co-founded the production company Les Rapailleurs, with which he wrote, directed and produced his second film, Heirdoms, distributed by Les Films du 3 Mars in 2021, as well as his third feature film, In Broad Daylight that will be release in 2023. Emmanuel also immersed himself in his passion for documentaries with The Walker, a portrait of an autistic man who writes his first short film and perform the main role.
Filmography
In Broad Daylight (110 min, 2022)
Heirdoms (70 min, 2021)
The Walker (53 min, 2021)
Speak Love (80 min, 2019)