Je cherche Helen!

20001 h 20 min 55 secFilm

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Direction: Eisha MarjaraRobert Paquin

Production: David WilsonSally BochnerDon Haig

Script: Eisha Marjara

Je cherche Helen! est le récit du voyage de la réalisatrice à Bollywood (La Mecque cinématographique indienne) qui recherche Helen, l'idole de son enfance. Celle-ci devient la voie menant au monde réel de Marjara : sa jeunesse troublée, sa relation avec sa mère et l'accident dévastateur du vol d'Air India, en 1985.

Subject categories


  • Film and Video Arts > ActingCommunity and Society
  • Families > Family LifeImmigrant ExperienceParent-Child Relationships
  • Health and Medicine > Fitness and WeightFood Issues and Nutrition
  • Developing Countries > India, Nepal and PakistanPortraitsWomen
  • Cultural Diversity and Multiculturalism > Integration IssuesIntegration of Immigrants in QuebecLifestyle of Immigrants

Credits


director
Eisha Marjara
cast
Ranjana Jha
Ludmilla Von Hoyningen Huene
Vrinda Bhasin
Preshita Sood
Rebecca Samson
Krishna Driver
Vijay
Raju
Amrood
voice
Raminder Singh
Pascale Billy-Robert
Jolianne L'Allier-Matteau
Kapil Bawa
participation
Artemis Lagopoulos
Nadia Primiani
Zyanna O'Connell
Krystyna Bruce
Pamela Jogiancola
Marilena Bone
script
Eisha Marjara
editing
Eisha Marjara
producer
David Wilson
delegate producer
Alison Burns
direction
Robert Paquin
translation
Robert Paquin
location sound
P.M. Satheesh
research
Paromita Vohra
photographer
Jules de Niverville
background supervisor
Kathy Sperberg
sound design
Sydney Alzate Chen
sound editing
Leopoldo Gutierrez
Chris Piggins
sound effects creation
Karla Baumgardner
location sound recorder
Nathalie Morin
Biagio Pagano
recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
Patrick Viegas
animation
Gian Spezzacatana
David Abu Bacha
animation camera
Pierre Landry
visual effects
Susan Gourley
title design
Jean-Marc Brosseau
Gaspard Gaudreau
subtitles
Robert Paquin
post-production co-ordinator
Claude Cardinal
Richard Michaud
Linda Payette
technical support
Phyllis Lewis
administration assistant
Sia Koukoulas
Christine Williams
Linda Paris Quillinan
Andrée Lachapelle
Christine Tremblay
studio administration
Marie Tonto-Donati
Nickie Merulla
archival clearances
Durga Khote Productions
mixer
Serge Boivin
Jean Paul Vialard
negative cutting
Marielle Frenette
executive producer
Sally Bochner
Don Haig

Awards


  • SRG SSR Award International Film Festival
  • Special Mention ("Nana" sculpture from the artist Niki de St.Phalle) given by PLANET - the documentary tv-channelInternational Documentary Film Festival