The Great Malaise

20195 minFilm: Animation

G

Direction: Catherine Lepage

Production: Marc BertrandAnne-Marie BousquetMylène AugustinJulie Roy

Script: Catherine Lepage

In the voiceover for this animated short, a young woman attempts to describe herself, casting her life in the ideal light that society expects. The film’s imagery, however, tells a different story, poignantly illustrating the intense anxiety that comes with the quest for perfection and the pursuit of happiness. A film that’s both funny and moving, and above all, profoundly human.

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Subject categories


  • Women > Health and IllnessIdentitySelf-realization
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Individual in SocietyPsychological Processes
  • Health and Medicine > Stress
  • Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and DevelopmentIdentity
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Relationships

Credits


director
Catherine Lepage
writer
Catherine Lepage
producer
Marc Bertrand
animation
Agathe Bray-Bourret
Catherine Lepage
editing
Sophie Leblond
consultants
Pascal Blanchet
Alexia Bürger
Claude Cloutier
translation
Helge Dascher
sound design
Philippe Brault
musical composition
Philippe Brault
voice
Miranda Handford
voice director
Kathleen Fee
sound editing
Pierre Yves Drapeau
music recording
Charles-Emile Beaudin
musician
Mélanie Bélair
Guillaume Bourque
Sheila Hannigan
Ligia Paquin
François Pilon
Marilène Provencher Leduc
technical director
Éric Pouliot
Pierre Plouffe
technical specialist - animation
Yannick Grandmont
technical coordinator
Jean-François Laprise
foley
Karla Baumgardner
foley recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
online editing
Yannick Carrier
mix
Shelley Craig
studio coordinator
Laetitia Seguin
Michèle Labelle
administration
Diane Régimbald
Karine Desmeules
senior production coordinator
Camila Blos
marketing
Karine Sévigny
associate producer
Anne-Marie Bousquet
Mylène Augustin
executive producer
Julie Roy

Awards


  • Prix du publicSommets du cinéma d'animation
  • Mention honorifiqueSommets du cinéma d'animation
  • Best Animated ShortInternational Film Festival
  • Short Film AwardManchester Animation Festival
  • prix Valois René Laloux du meilleur court métrage d’animationFestival du film francophone
  • Best in Category- AnimationInternational Film Festival
  • Prix Hallé Location & Multiservices Luna- Coup de coeur du juryFestival Longue Vue sur le court