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Mains d'œuvre - Une vie en poésie
FIFA
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Mains d’œuvre – Une vie en poésie offers an immersion into the practice of contemporary Quebecois poets through a series of filmed encounters capturing their creative processes. From Fernand Ouellette to Rita Mestokosho, and Denise Desautels to Pierre Morency, filmmakers Vincent Lambert and Jean-Philippe Dupuis gather invaluable insights.
These rarely accessible workspaces reveal how the world appears through a poet’s eyes. How does one inhabit language and the world, know oneself, while shaping demanding art? The film’s title, inspired by a poem by Quebecois multidisciplinary artist Roland Giguère, highlights this dual dimension: the vastness of the work and the meticulous hands that create it, amid erasures, revelations, and perseverance..
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Biographies
Jean-Philippe Dupuis
Jean-Philippe Dupuis has been involved in documentary films since of the beginning of 2000 and won the award for Best Canadian Film at FIFA in 2010 for his portrait of the poet Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau.
He published Attachement (1999) and Table de nuit (2004) with Triptyque Editions. His third collection, Langue maternelle (2014), with Lézard amoureux, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. His fourth collection, Les yeux d’un animal au repos (2023), was also published by Lézard amoureux.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
Vincent Lambert
Co-director Vincent Lambert is the author of several books of poetry, essays, columns, and works on Quebec poetry, for which he has won numerous awards, including the Victor-Barbeau Prize from the Académie des Lettres du Québec, the Alain-Grandbois Prize from the Académie des Lettres du Québec, and the Artist of the Year Award – Chaudière-Appalaches, awarded by the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec.
He is the author of Introduction à la vie sans fin (Boréal), the poetry collections Mirabilia and La troisième à partir du soleil (Le Quartanier), and Une chose étrange et gentille (et invisible), poems for young people published by La Courte Échelle.
Vincent Lambert has held leading positions in various organizations in the field of literature. In addition to his writing, Vincent teaches literature at the college and university levels.
Biographical notes provided by the film production team
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