Films & Schedules

  • Gilles

  • Constant Mentzas


Country:
Canada
Year:
2008
Language:
French
Runtime:
13 minutes
Format:
Colour/35mm
Rating:
14A

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At a lakeside cottage in the middle of a cold Quebec winter, a dying elderly woman says goodbye to her mentally disabled son. He fights against her wish to send him to a foster home, not understanding that she might not be there the next day to care for him. KM

Constant Mentzas’s films include Aspiration (03), which won the award for best Canadian short film at the 2003 Festival, Liberté conditionnelle (05) and Gilles (08).



Cadillac People's Choice Award