*Cinéma de confinement, édition quatrième semaine de cloître :
The Legend of Hell House
John Hough, UK, 1971, 95 min
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Max Reinhardt & William Dieterle, United States, 1935, 133 min
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a 1935 American romance and fantasy film of William Shakespeare’s play, directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle (…) The film is about the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the story is set. The play, which is categorized as a comedy, is one of Shakespeare’s most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.
Dark Waters
Mariano Baino, Russia, United Kingdom, 1993, 87 min
A girl travels to an island, after the death of her father, to find out why the father funded a monestary on the island.
Les Montréalistes
Denys Arcand,Canada, 1965, 27 min
Court métrage documentaire réalisé par Denys Arcand sur les fondateurs de Montréal. Comment est née Ville-Marie? Quelle était la vision religieuse d’un de ses fondateurs, Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve? Quelle influence y exercèrent les communautés religieuses? Tout en faisant la large part à l’œuvre de Jeanne-Mance, de Marguerite-Bourgeois et autres âmes d’élite, ce film montre les difficultés qu’ont dû surmonter les Montréalistes, comme ils se nommaient eux-mêmes, aux premières heures de la colonie.
Hypnagogia
Pierre-Luc Vaillancourt, Canada, 2018, 5 min
Marked by an intense hypnotic dimension, HYPNAGOGIA amplifies geophysical forces and propels telluric powers. The experience is an ontological fire, a cerebral blast of volcanic sensuality.
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Upcoming screenings of Ruins Rider (2017) by PIERRE-LUC VAILLANCOURT (September 19, 2017)
