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A 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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| Media Clips |
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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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