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The Great Malaise
20195 minFilm: Animation
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