Absences
2014•14A•Released
Documentary
Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on daily lives. Inspired by her mother’s steadily advancing Alzheimer’s and the inevitability of her estrangement, Laganière weaves their story with the stories of others wrestling with loss: Ines, an immigrant who returns to her birth country of Croatia to find the mother who abandoned her during the war; Deni, an American author who’s finally able to search for his Quebec roots; and Nathalie, who’s desperately looking for her missing sister. Through their experiences the film ponders how absence is often the catalyst for a quest—a quest for information, understanding and often acceptance. Through its many voices, Absences speaks to us of the immense fragility and resiliency of human emotions.
Director
Carole Laganière
Writer
Carole Laganière
Languages
Croatian, English, French
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Colette Sauvageau
Self
Deni Yvan Béchard
Self
Nathalie Bergeron
Self
Ines Hajrovic
Self
Yvonne Duguay
Self
Marcel Dumesnil
Self
Zekija Hajrovic
Self
Robert Hendrickson
Self
Laurette Sauvageau
Self
Production
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
Colette Loumède
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