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Léandre Bergeron - With Hopeless Conviction
200852 minFilm: Documentary
Direction: Christian Mathieu FournierSylvain Rivière
Production: Patricia Bergeron (National Film Board of Canada)Yves BisaillonJacques TurgeonYves Lafontaine (Productions Nova Média inc.)
Script: Louise Girard
Produced by Productions Nova Média inc. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada.
An encounter with Léandre Bergeron, a Franco-Manitoban by birth and author of the bestselling History of Quebec: A Patriote’s Handbook and The Québécois Dictionary.
After years as a university professor in Montreal, Bergeron settled in Abitibi, making a new life for himself as a farmer and baker. In daily contact with nature, this nonconformist rebel can live a free life in tune with his unshakeable vision for society, politics and the family, his commitment to the environment, home birth and homeschooling, and his concerns about the industrialization of agriculture and globalization.
Léandre Bergeron – With Hopeless Conviction offers a compelling meditation stemming from a lifelong struggle for freedom.
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Subject categories
- Social Issues > Family LifePortraitsQuebec SocietySocial IssuesSocial ValuesSociety
- Literature and Language - Canada > French-language WritersLanguage IssuesPortraitsQuebec Literature
- Literature and Language > Portraits
Credits
- original idea
- Sylvain Rivière
- writer
- Louise Girard
- script consultant
- Florence François
- director
- Christian Mathieu Fournier
- Sylvain Rivière
- film consultant
- Yves Lafontaine
- narrator
- Claude Laroche
- original texts translation
- David Homel
- original music
- Alain Blais
- participant
- Léandre Bergeron
- Déirdre Bergeron
- Suzanne Prince
- researcher
- Louise Girard
- Christian Mathieu Fournier
- Jean Provencher
- production assistant
- Kevin Black
- Francine Robert
- sound design
- Alain Blais
- Michael Binette
- sound editing
- Alain Blais
- Michael Binette
- production insurance
- Globalex
- legal counsel
- Marie-José Harel
- Zénaïde Lussier
- director of photography
- Christian Mathieu Fournier
- supplementary footage
- Alain Dupras
- sound recordist
- Normand Lapierre
- editor
- Denis Lavoie
- production management
- Émilie Villeneuve
- Martine Larouche
- assistant director
- Louise Girard
- transcription
- Solange Girard
- Amélie Lafleur
- assistant editor
- Kevin Black
- Chantal Mathieu
- Émilie Villeneuve
- graphics
- Sylvain Marotte
- production administrator
- Chantal Aubin
- Pascal Bergeron
- accountant
- Brigitte Côté
- Gilles Cossette
- marketing officer
- Jenny Thibault
- marketing officer - assistance
- Solen Labrie Trépanier
- administrator
- Johanne Dubuc
- administrative team
- Dominique Brunet
- Nathalie Cloutier
- Lise Lévesque
- technical coordinator
- Brigitte Sénéchal
- Jean-François Laprise
- associate producer
- Maryse Chapdelaine
- re-recording mixer
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- Luc Léger
- line editor
- Denis Gathelier
- titling
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- translation
- Leah Kosatsky
- subtitles
- Leah Kosatsky
- publicity photos
- François Ruph
- producer
- Patricia Bergeron
- Yves Bisaillon
- Jacques Turgeon
- Yves Lafontaine