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A
documentary by Benoit Pilon
The movie depicts the portrait of Louis-Joseph Hébert, alias Nestor, an
orphan in the Duplessis’ era. With his undeniable charisma and his
words full of imagery, Nestor fascinates with his allure of an old
eccentric biker. But above all, the love of life and people and his
instinct of survival complete his portrait. Nestor is a fighter, an
engaging survivor who compels the others with respect. Today, he comes
along and supports his companions from Huberdeau’s orphanage in their
fight to regain their lost dignity. In this David’s battle against
Goliath, tears, laughs and fraternity blend together on an every day
basis.
With Nestor et les oubliés, a concealed
period of Quebec recent history emerges at the surface of our memory.
Distribution: Les
films Séville.
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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 cinéma francophone en Acadie 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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