The Anguish of the Heron + Q&A

Screening with filmmaker Matthieu Brouillard in attendance

For this special screening of The Anguish of the Heron, Cinéma Moderne and SPIRA offers a program of 3 films centered on canadian artists.

THE ANGUISH OF THE HERON (2024) by Matthieu Brouillard
(Essay/Documentary, 44 minutes)

Seated in his kitchen, Quebec novelist Gaétan Soucy, who died in 2013, recounts the circumstances and intimate dramas that led him to write. In parallel, unusual scenes unfold: a man records his thoughts about a missing friend, two “madmen” engage in a curious duel in the common room of a decrepit hospital… Little by little, these seemingly unrelated worlds converge to form a baroque, maze-like picture that dissolves the boundaries between reality and fiction. A film in the form of a eulogy, offering a meditation on grief, legacy, friendship, and artistic creation.

paired with:

RYAN (2004) by Chris Landreth
(Animation, ONF, 14 minutes)

LA THÉORIE LAUZON (2022) by Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
(Fiction/Animation, Travelling, 15 minutes)