Les États nordiques

Christian caters daily to his ill mother. The sound of the apparatus that keeps her alive penetrates his whole life, until he silences it by a merciful act of euthanasia. Emotionally quite calm, he leaves the city and drives all the way to the end of the road, in the town of Radisson, an isolated community of hydroelectric power plant employees. The Quebec director’s debut contains the origins of his following films. He employs the clash of a fictional story and an existing environment. The inhabitants of Radisson seem natural and easy in front of the camera. The formal style built with long, static takes, is sometimes replaced by a hand-held camera. (Febiofest)