Tristesse modèle réduit (Scale-model sadness)

Drama, video, colour, 83 mins., 1987, Québec, Canada, OFV with English subtitles

Jeannot has Down Syndrome. His parents dress him as an adult because he's 25 but treat him like a child so they can keeps being parents. Sheltered with them in suburban comfort, Jeannot collects dinky toys and watches the frogs that hang out around the pool. His life, regular as clockwork and free of responsibility, is turned upside down by the maid, whom the parents have recently hired and who makes Jeannot take intiative. The domino effect of Jeannot's awakening has repercussions on the entire family.

Featuring : Vincent Leduc, Marcia Pilote, Gisèle Dufour, Marc Legault, Patrice Coquereau

Camera : Jean-Pierre St-Louis
Production designer : Abe Lee
Editor : Lorraine Dufour
Music : Jean Corriveau
Sound : Marcel Fraser, Paul Dion
Production manager : Claude Cartier
Switcher : Carole Brady

Written and directed by : Robert Morin

Line producer : Monique Létourneau
Producers : Lorraine Dufour,
Louise Gendron
Production : Coop Vidéo de
Montréal / ONF
Distributor : Vidéographe

1989

Prime à la qualité de la SOGIC
(Montréal, Canada)

Prix Alberta-Québec
(Canada)

Festivals and Events

2008 - L'Hybride – salle de diffusion alternative (Lille, France)
1991-92 - Galerie Nationale du Canada - Rétrospective (Ottawa, Canada)
1990 - Galerie A Space - Rétrospective (Toronto, Canada)
1990 - Cinémathèque québécoise (Montréal, Canada)
1989 - Filmer à tout prix (Bruxelles, Belgique)
1989 - Manifestation internationale de vidéo et de télévision de Montbéliard (France)
1987 - Feature Length Video Festival (Vancouver, Canada)
1987 - Video - New Canadian Artists - Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
1989 - Acquisition Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)