Trois princesses pour Roland

Documentary, video, colour, 91 mins, 2001, Québec, Canada, OFV with English subtitles

Three princesses for Roland - four people, one family. A tough, funny family that is both touching and repelling, like all families; poor, like many families; a unique family in the eyes of the director, who has known them since childhood.

Roland's suicide is the pretext for making a documentary that speaks to us about poverty, love, hatred, the present, the past, alcohol, violence. Her observations imbued with tenderness, the director introduces us to Madeleine, Roland's aunt, Nathalie, his cousin, and her daughter, Caroline. Three generations of women with similar lives that, amazingly, repeat certain cycles. A essay without judgment or commentary - food for thought on both our heritage and our legacy.

Featuring : Caroline Fuglewicz, Nathalie Lebeau, Madeleine Robert

Camera : Robert Morin
Editor : Sophie Leblond
Sound : Marcel Chouinard, Richard Jutras
Sound editor :
Martin Allard

Written and directed by :
André-Line Beauparlant

Producer :
Danielle Leblanc
Production : Coop Vidéo de Montréal
Distributor : Vidéographe

2004

Le guide de la culture au Québec, Daniel Chartier, Éditions Nota Bene
Selected to stand among the 100 great works of Québec cinema

2001

Best Direction Award
Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival (Toronto, Canada)

Prix Yolande et Pierre Perrault Prize - Most Promising Documentary
Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Montréal, Canada)

Nomination
Best Documentary
Prix Jutra (Montréal, Canada)

Festivals and Events

2002 - Sheffield International Documentary Festival (Royaume-Uni)
2002 - Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie (Canada)
2002 - Festival international du Film de l'Atlantique (Halifax, Canada)
2002 - Hot Docs - Canadian International Documentary Festival (Toronto, Canada)
2002 - Visions du réel - Festival international du cinéma documentaire de Nyon (Suisse)
2002 - Regard sur la relève du cinéma québécois au Saguenay (Chicoutimi, Canada)
2002 - Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Montréal et Québec, Canada)
2001 - Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (Canada)