This short film tells the story of a meeting between two neighbours, in Ahuntsic and Villeray, around memories of Portugal; it is a story of two very different cities, Montreal and Lisbon; of an old man who has come to terms with death; of two strangers separated by an ocean but connected by the flight of a homing pigeon. Birds are the guides for this poetic meandering, exploring memories of the past and portents of the future. A dissonant score accompanies a split screen, completing the impression that we are confronted with a sensory puzzle, at once natural and urban, in which meditation takes its cues from fragments of reality. Matthew Wolkow’s film is a gentle ornithological, human and floral tale, suffused with both hope and the grim anxieties of our time. (Apolline Caron-Ottavi)
Presented in collaboration with Radio-Canada
competition : Short and Medium-Length National Competition
Monologues du Paon
- Country : Canada (Quebec)
- Year : 2020
- V.O : French, English, Portuguese
- Subtitles : English
- Duration : 29 MIN
- Cinematography : Matthew Wolkow
- Production : Matthew Wolkow
- Music : Philippe Battikha
- Music : Philippe Lauzier
- Music : Pierre-Yves Martel
- Music : Marilène Provencher-Leduc
- Music : Marilène Provencher Leduc
- Music : Philippe Laurier
- Sound Design : Alex Lane
- Sound Design : Bruno Bélanger
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