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3 soeurs en 2
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A
documentary by Benoit Pilon
The documentary 3 soeurs en 2 temps aims
to reveal the mysteries of theatrical creation by following the work of
stage directors Luce Pelletier and Denis Bernard, who attempt an
ambitious adaptation of Anton Tchekhov's Les Trois Soeurs with le
Théâtre de L'Opsis.
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Benoit Pilon
Born in Montréal in 1962.
After getting a B.A in cinema at Concordia University, where his short
film La Rivière Rit was granted the award
of the best fiction at the Canadian student film festival, in 1988,
Benoit Pilon founded Les Films de l'autre along
with filmmakers Manon Briand and Jeanne Crépeau, a production company
dedicated to independent auteur films.
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Parallel
to his career as assistant director that led him to work with some of
the best directors in Quebec, Benoit Pilon directed several movies: Regards
volés (1994, Golden Sheaf Award Best Drama over 30 min.,
Yorkton); Rosaire et la Petite-Nation
(1997); Impressions, autour du quatuor à cordes de
Claude Debussy (1998, in nomination for 3 Gémeaux);
fifteen episodes of the TV series Réseaux
(1998-99) and 3 Soeurs en 2 temps (2003)
a documentary in international competition at the Montreal’s
International Festival of Film on Art in 2003.
Roger Toupin,
épicier variété (2003) gathered many honors in Canada
and abroad: The Jutra 2004 of the best Quebecer
documentary; the Bayard d’or of the best
documentary in Namur (Belgium); the best feature length documentary at
the Festival international du film francophone de Moncton and a special
mention at the Festival Visions du Réel, in Nyon (Switzerland).
Nestor et les
oubliés (2006) is Pilon’s fourth feature length
documentary. The filmmaker is currently finishing the shooting of Des
Nouvelles du Nord, a feature length documentary which
will be completed in spring 2007.
At the fall 2006, Benoit Pilon will shoot his first feature length
fiction, The Necessities of life, based on
a script written by Bernard Émond (La Neuvaine).
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