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film by Benoit Pilon
At the heart of the Plateau Mont-Royal, Roger Toupin owns a corner
grocer of a decidedly anachronistic décor that has become an impromptu
social club frequented by people who belong to a way of life that is
fast disappearing. Director Benoit Pilon captures the touching and
revealing last moments of this unique place.
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Benoit Pilon
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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Hour critic
- November 13th, 2003
Montreal Gazette Article -
November 15th, 2003
Montreal Gazette Article -
December 17th, 2003
Montreal
Gazette Critic -
December 19th, 2003
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