ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

A film by Hervé Demers

Directed by

Hervé Demers

Language

French

Produced by

Hervé Demers (HDCM)

21 min, fiction, Quebec, Canada, 2007

Synopsis

When his loving wife passes away, a retired 82-year-old farmer is relegated to a retirement home. The looks of those around him seem to silently condemn him to an imminent death, but with the aid of his unfailing memory and with hope still alive in his heart, the old man resolves to defend his right to go on living till his very last breath.

 

Credits

Directing, Photography : Hervé Demers

Scipt : Hervé Demers, Xavier Lechasseur

Production Design : Charles Fortin

Editing : Hervé Demers

Sound Mixing : Hervé Demers

Sound : Charles Fortin, Michael Gravel

Sound Design : Hervé Demers

Production : Hervé Demers (HDCM)

 

With: Paul Hébert

 

Financial Partners

ONF

Hervé Demers

Hervé Demers is a photographer and a filmmaker living in Montreal, Canada. His first shorts have been selected by over 60 international festivals, gathering honours such as the Tamashii (“Soul”) Award at the CON-CAN Movie Festival in Japan and the award for Best Emerging Filmmaker at the 61st Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival in Canada. Since 2011, he is a member and administrator of Les Films de l'Autre, a production company owned by 28 directors who also act as producers of their own films. His latest short film The Name you Carry (2016) won several awards in film festivals. The International Short Films Festival of Lviv in Ukraine organised in 2016 a retrospective of his work.   Filmography   The Name you Carry (2016 / 15 min) A Shade of Grey (2013 / 14 min) The Grand Falls (2009 / 15 min) On Earth as ITt Is on Heaven (2007 / 21 min)