La neuvaine

Bernard Émond

Bernard Émond

[Cast Group]
Actor: Élise Guilbault | Character: Jeanne
Actor: Patrick Drolet | Character: François
Actor: Marie-Josée Bastien | Character: Bénévole refuge
Actor: Marielle Bernard | Character: Épouse de l'homme effondré
Actor: Claude Binet | Character: M. Tremblay
Actor: Luc Bourgeois | Character: Urgentologue
Actor: Lise Castonguay | Character: Thérèse
Actor: Richard Champagne | Character: Agent de sécurité
Actor: Pierre Collin | Character: Prêtre confident
Actor: Benoît Dagenais | Character: Docteur Langlais
Actor: Jean-Marie Dagenais | Character: Homme effondré
Actor: Stéphane Demers | Character: Mari de Lise
Actor: Raoul Desmeules | Character: Un aide
Actor: Jules Di Pietro | Character: Enfant de refuge
Actor: Pierre Dupont | Character: Ambulancier
Actor: Muriel Dutil | Character: Mère de Jeanne
Actor: Denise Gagnon | Character: Grand-mère
Actor: Amélie Grenier | Character: Femme du refuge
Actor: Éveline Gélinas | Character: Jeune mère qui témoigne
Actor: Paul Hébert | Character: Prêtre qui bénit
Actor: Bonfield Marcoux | Character: Curé du village
Actor: Guillaume Meloche | Character: Patient urgence
Actor: Isabelle Pastena | Character: Femme du refuge
Actor: Micheline Poitras | Character: Femme du refuge
Actor: Lyne Riel | Character: Femme du refuge
Actor: Isabelle Roy | Character: Lise
Actor: Kelly-Ann Samson | Character: Bébé de Lise
Actor: Maïka Samson | Character: Bébé de Lise
Actor: Paul Savoie | Character: Mari de Jeanne
Actor: Michelle Sirois | Character: Infirmière urgence
Actor: Jean-François Sénécal | Character: Agent de sécurité
Actor: Diane Verreault | Character: Ambulancier
Actor: Ghislaine Vincent | Character: Madame Filion

[Directors Group]
Name: Bernard Émond | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Bernard Émond | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Nicole Hilaréguy | Role: Producer
Name: Bernadette Payeur | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Robert Marcel Lepage | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Jean-Claude Labrecque | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Louise Coté | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Marie-Jan Seille | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: Gaudeline Sauriol | Role: Production Designer

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Louise Pilon | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Sophie Lefebvre | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Brigitte Bilodeau | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Djina Caron | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Daniel Jacob | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Rock Poitras | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Pierre Saindon | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Pierre Allard | Role: Production Manager
Name: Laurent Communaux | Role: Production Manager
Name: Chantal Marcotte | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Yanick DiVito | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Simon Dugas | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Fanny Hudon | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Catherine Lachance | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Francine Langlois | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Jeanne Leblanc | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Josée Arsenault | Role: Art Department
Name: Christian Corvellec | Role: Art Department
Name: Audrey Harvey | Role: Art Department
Name: René Morin | Role: Art Department
Name: Suzanne Simard | Role: Art Department
Name: Claude Tremblay | Role: Art Department
Name: Christian Wolput | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Martin Allard | Role: Sound Department
Name: Daniel Bisson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Monique Bisson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Arun Blake | Role: Sound Department
Name: Gregory Bolduc | Role: Sound Department
Name: Luc Boudrias | Role: Sound Department
Name: Hugo Brochu | Role: Sound Department
Name: Marcel Chouinard | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jérôme Décarie | Role: Sound Department
Name: Nicolas Gagnon | Role: Sound Department
Name: Henry Godding Jr. | Role: Sound Department
Name: Clovis Gouaillier | Role: Sound Department
Name: François Guérin | Role: Sound Department
Name: Hans Laitres | Role: Sound Department
Name: Claude Lajeunesse | Role: Sound Department
Name: Patrick Lalonde | Role: Sound Department
Name: Marie-Eve Livernoche | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jacques Plante | Role: Sound Department
Name: Steve F.B. Smith | Role: Sound Department

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Robert Auclair | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yvan Brunet | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nicolas D'Annunzio | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Pierre Dury | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Samuel Eusanio | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Luc Gosselin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Laurent Alexis Guertin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Olivier Hetu | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Patrice Houx | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Pierre Malo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Serge Raymond | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Marc-André Thibault | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: James Zubilewich | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Julie Breton | Role: Casting Department
Name: Paul Cauffopé | Role: Casting Department
Name: Marie-Jan Seille | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Marie-Etienne Bessette | Role: Costume Department
Name: Véronique Gagnon | Role: Costume Department
Name: Alice Mayeux | Role: Costume Department
Name: Martin Tarte | Role: Costume Department
Name: Andrée Tremblay | Role: Costume Department
Name: Renée Tremblay | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Claudine Blain | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Mathieu Bélanger | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Mélanie Lessard | Role: Location Management
Name: Linda Torino Tondreau | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Bernard Grenon | Role: Music Department
Name: Robert Langlois | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: Suzie Bernier | Role: Production Department
Name: Andrée Bouvier | Role: Production Department
Name: Marie-Christine D'Amours | Role: Production Department
Name: Danny Turgeon | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Thérèse Bérubé | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: Benoit Hurteau | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Guillaume Perreault | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Michel Perreault | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Guy Aumond | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Yves Clément | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lise Dagenais | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Elise de Blois | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Judith Dubeau | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Martin Dupré | Role: Additional Crew
Name: René Forest | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Charlene Hodge | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sylvain Marleau | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jacques Plante | Role: Additional Crew

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435225/videogallery/

Switzerland: August 2005 (Locarno Film Festival)
Canada: August 26, 2005 (Québec)
Canada: September 11, 2005 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Canada: September 25, 2005 (Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival)
Greece: November 19, 2005 (Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
France: November 23, 2005 (Paris Semaine du Cinéma du Québec)
Sweden: January 31, 2006 (Göteborg Film Festival)
Canada: March 17, 2006 (re-release)
Hong Kong: April 9, 2006 (Hong Kong International Film Festival)
Australia: December 2, 2006 (Sydney Canadian Film Festival)
France: December 9, 2009 (Festival de cinéma du Québec à Paris)
Russia: March 27, 2011 (Franco Phonie Cinéma Festival)
Argentina: January 12, 2024 (internet)

Winner | 2005 | Locarno Film Festival | Bronze Leopard | Best Actor | Patrick Drolet, The Novena
Winner | 2005 | Locarno Film Festival | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Bernard Émond, The Novena | LA NEUVAINE succeeds in presenting simple faith with respect, acknowledging how difficult it is to believe in God in a secular world and in the aftermath of tragedy. When a young man making a pilgrimage of prayer for his dying grandmother encounters a doctor paralysed by anguish, the interaction leads not to miracles or conversion but to kindness and deep possibilities for hope.
Nominee | 2005 | Locarno Film Festival | Golden Leopard | Bernard Émond, The Novena
Nominee | 2006 | Jutra Awards | Jutra | Best Film (Meilleur Film) | Bernadette Payeur, The Novena
Nominee | 2006 | Jutra Awards | Jutra | Best Direction (Meilleure Réalisation) | Bernard Émond, The Novena
Winner | 2006 | Jutra Awards | Jutra | Best Actress (Meilleure Actrice) | Élise Guilbault, The Novena
Nominee | 2006 | Jutra Awards | Jutra | Best Actor (Meilleur Acteur) | Patrick Drolet, The Novena
Nominee | 2006 | Jutra Awards | Jutra | Best Screenplay (Meilleur Scénario) | Bernard Émond, The Novena
Nominee | 2006 | Jutra Awards | Jutra | Best Cinematography (Meilleure Direction de la Photographie) | Jean-Claude Labrecque, The Novena
Nominee | 2006 | Jutra Awards | Jutra | Best Editing (Meilleur Montage Image) | Louise Coté, The Novena
Nominee | 2006 | Jutra Awards | Jutra | Best Music (Meilleure Musique) | Robert Marcel Lepage, The Novena
Winner | 2005 | Locarno Film Festival | Youth Jury Award - "Environment Is Quality of Life" Prize | Bernard Émond, The Novena | Through his two protagonists he contrasts two worlds and two ways of life. On one side, Jeanne is disillusioned by atmosphere of death which follows her and by the austerity of the town. On the other, François, educated by his grandmother, maintains all his religious values and the simplicity linked to his native town. Nature plays a great role in this story. It represents the peace of spirit, the calm that the characters look for and that accompanies them in their pain.

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