Absences (2014)

ALL 04/25/2014 (en) Documentary 0 Min
  • Release
    04/25/2014
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Absences
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on daily lives. Inspired by her mother’s steadily advancing Alzheimer’s and the inevitability of her estrangement, Laganière weaves their story with the stories of others wrestling with loss: Ines, an immigrant who returns to her birth country of Croatia to find the mother who abandoned her during the war; Deni, an American author who’s finally able to search for his Quebec roots; and Nathalie, who’s desperately looking for her missing sister. Through their experiences the film ponders how absence is often the catalyst for a quest—a quest for information, understanding and often acceptance. Through its many voices, Absences speaks to us of the immense fragility and resiliency of human emotions.

  1. Story

  2. Editor

  3. Colette Loumède

    Producer



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Absences (2014) 0 Min

ALL 04/25/2014 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 04/25/2014
  • Production
    ONF | NFB
  • Original title Absences
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on daily lives. Inspired by her mother’s steadily advancing Alzheimer’s and the inevitability of her estrangement, Laganière weaves their story with the stories of others wrestling with loss: Ines, an immigrant who returns to her birth country of Croatia to find the mother who abandoned her during the war; Deni, an American author who’s finally able to search for his Quebec roots; and Nathalie, who’s desperately looking for her missing sister. Through their experiences the film ponders how absence is often the catalyst for a quest—a quest for information, understanding and often acceptance. Through its many voices, Absences speaks to us of the immense fragility and resiliency of human emotions.

  1. Carole Laganière

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Colette Loumède

    Producer