The Reconstitution
An abstract white space. An elderly woman, naked, wrapped in transparent plastic. A shoot for a video installation. The filmmaker talks to her, gives her instructions, observes her reactions. Unknowingly, he is filming a metaphor: that of her imminent death. Many years later, he reenacts the shoot, aided by two professional lip-readers who decipher the comments made by the woman during the filming. Slowly, an intimate dialogue emerges as her memories transcend the superimposed layers of staging.
Credits
Direction
Alain Pelletier
Participants
Solange Ouellette
Louise McGilvray
Alain Pelletier
Georgianne Desrosiers Pelletier
Pascale Matheron
Mélanie Gauthier
Voice
Bruno Bélanger
Alain Pelletier
Screenplay
Alain Pelletier
Production
Alain Pelletier
Camera
François Vincelette
François Tremblay
Lighting
Simon Lajoie
Editing
Michel Giroux
Alain Pelletier
Sound Design
Mélanie Gauthier
Bruno Bélanger
Translation
Lesley McCubbin
Production
Alain Pelletier
Technical information
Color
Color
Image format
4:3
Sound
Stereo
Shooting format
MiniDV
Documentation
Images
Keywords
Space, Woman, Ageing, Memory, Language
Themes