The Measure of Your Passage

199329 min 14 secFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Esther Valiquette

Production: Jacques ValléeJosée Beaudet

Script: Esther Valiquette

This film is a voyage into the self - and into time. When a young woman learns she is harbouring the AIDS virus, she feels compelled to reflect upon human existence. She travels back to the Bronze Age. As she wanders in the ruined sites of the ancient Minoans, she observes that their passage is still visible four thousand years later. Today the world is held hostage by a killer disease that is stealthier than a volcano, but it exacts the same price. Now, as then, some profound questions exist: How does humanity define itself? How do we measure our passage?

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Subject categories


  • Sexuality and Reproduction > AIDSSexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Health and Medicine > AIDSCoping with Illness and DyingWomen
  • Women > Health and IllnessIdentity
  • Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Human Condition
  • Women - Portraits > Women in Crisis
  • History > World History

Credits


director
Esther Valiquette
script
Esther Valiquette
producer
Jacques Vallée
Josée Beaudet
cinematography
Martin Leclerc
sound
Théodore Vassilopoulos
Yves Gendron
editing
René Roberge
sound editing
Esther Auger
animation
François Aubry
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
narrator
Lynne Adams
music
Ginette Bellavance
Daniel Toussaint

Awards


  • Special Jury Mention - Section: Quebec CompetitionFestival du nouveau cinéma
  • Genie Award for Best Short DocumentaryGenie Awards
  • Normande-Juneau Prize - Category: Best Short Film awarded by l'Association québécoise des critiques de cinémaRendez-vous Québec Cinéma
  • First Prize - with a cash prize of 250$ (tied with El Fatha)La Mondiale de films et vidéos réalisés par des femmes
  • Clé d'Argent Award - Category: Professional International Festival Cine-video Psy