La garde blanche

Five years after Soleils noirs, Julien Elie returns with a rigorously researched work, asserting itself as a genuine cinematic piece. This time, he turns the spotlight on the regime of terror and violence forged by transnational companies, in collaboration with the Mexican government and organized crime allowing them to appropriate land and exploit resources. With respect and careful attention to detail, the film uncovers the courage and dignity of resistance to this new kind of colonialism that is both destructive and murderous in nature and reigns with utter impunity. The camera hones in on the faces of those who have dared to speak out, and on their daily lives, which have been turned upside down. It magnifies a land of great beauty and richness marked by physical and psychological scars. (HSB)

The film original soundtrack will be available for sale on vinyl at the Cinemathèque québécoise after the screening.

Julien Elie also programmed in the festival a free screening of the film Resurrection as part of Doc-to-doc and will participate in a conversation with Matias Meyer, filmmaker and friend of Eugenio Polgovsky.

competition : National Feature Competition

La garde blanche