Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur (Whoever dies, dies in pain)

Drama, video, colour, 90 mins., 1997, Québec, Canada, OFV with English subtitles

With a TV cameraman on their heels, the police raid a drug house. Surprise: the junkies are armed. A shoot-out ensues. In the mayhem, the cameraman and two policemen are taken hostage. A SWAT team moves in, and the house is under siege for 36 hours, long enough for supplies to run low, and pressure to run feverishly high. During all of this, the junkies force the cameraman to record their version of things.

Featuring : Alain, Cylvie, Claude, Jacques, James, Jean, Jean-Marie, Jennifer, Michel, Patrick, Stéphane, Valéri

Camera : Jean-Pierre St-Louis
Production designer : André-Line Beauparlant
Costume designer : Sophie Lefèbvre
Editor : Lorraine Dufour
Music : Les Psynoportuns
Sound : Marcel Chouinard

Written and directed by : Robert Morin

Producer : Lorraine Dufour
Production : Coop Vidéo de Montréal
Distributor : Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm, Film Tonic

2004

Le guide de la culture au Québec, Daniel Chartier, Éditions Nota Bene
Selected to stand among the 25 great works of Québec cinema

1998

Best Québec Feature
AQCC-SODEC (Montréal, Canada)

Festivals and Events

2008 - L'Hybride – salle de diffusion alternative (Lille, France)
2006 - Festival international du documentaire de Marseille - Rétrospective (France)
2001 - Le Faux semblant, Antitube (Québec, Canada)