la pluie se cherche une riviève
“I lend a voice a body a face
for so little sun in the cold water
the amnesia of your skin as river"
– Hugo Bourdelais
This film brings spoken poetry together with the slow movement of water, and explores the ties between water, people and nature.
Filmed in Joliette in the winter of 2022, along the L'Assomption River, it features performances by Andréane Frenette-Vallières, Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier and Hugo Bourdelais.
Filmed in Joliette in the winter of 2022, along the L'Assomption River, it features performances by Andréane Frenette-Vallières, Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier and Hugo Bourdelais.
Directed by: Nina Bouchard
Editing: Nina Bouchard
Cameras: Nina Bouchard, Tanya Millette
Camera assistants: Frédéric Généreux, Lauriane Lafortune, Sébastien Belleudy
Production: Joliette, résidence poétique
Producer: Frédéric Généreux
Sound recording: Philippe Chrétien, Jean‑Michel Roch
Sound mixing: Liam Welch, Jean‑Michel Roch
Original music: Interior Whale Rain by Mineral Voice, © 2022
With texts by:
Hugo Bourdelais © Hugo Bourdelais, 2022
Noémie Pomerleau‑Cloutier, excerpts from La patience du lichen © Les Éditions de La Peuplade, Noémie Pomerleau‑Cloutier, 2021
Andréane Frenette‑Vallières, excerpts from Sestrales © Les éditions du Noroît, Andréane Frenette‑Vallières, 2020
The title of the film is a line from Hugo Bourdelais's poetic suite.
Thanks to: Frédéric Dudemaine, Production Inconnue, Les Éditions du Noroît, La Peuplade, Kevin Griffith Sullivan, Liam Welch, EMIX, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and everyone who took part in this film, near or far.
© Joliette, résidence poétique, Nina Bouchard, 2022
The film premiered at the Joliette, résidence poétique festival, at the Pavillon de la rivière in Joliette, on May 13, 2022.