Manor
FrenchManoir
Directed byMartin Fournier
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Written byMartin Fournier
Pier-Luc Latulippe
Produced byMartin Fournier
Pier-Luc Latulippe
CinematographyOlivier Tétreault
Edited byJean-François Lord
Production
company
Cheval Films
Release date
  • November 20, 2015 (2015-11-20) (RIDM)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Manor (French: Manoir) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Martin Fournier and Pier-Luc Latulippe and released in 2015.[1] The film profiles the residents of Gaulin Manor, a onetime hotel in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, which has been converted into a transitional housing facility for former psychiatric patients who remain at risk of homelessness, but is about to be closed and demolished for redevelopment.[2]

The film premiered at the 2015 Montreal International Documentary Festival,[3] before going into commercial release in 2016.[2]

Awards

At RIDM, the film received an honorable mention from the Magnus Isaccson Award jury.[4]

The film won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.[5] It was also a nominee for Best Cinematography in a Documentary (Olivier Tétreault) and Best Editing in a Documentary (Jean-François Lord).[6]

The film was the winner of the 2017 Prix collégial du cinéma québécois.[7]

References


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