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This Is Not Einstein
200351 min 55 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Catherine Fol
Production: Éric MichelColette LoumèdeArnaud Hantute (Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse)Maurice Ribière
Script: Catherine Fol
Co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada, La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse et Arte France with the participation of the Centre national de la Cinématographie, Ministère de la Recherche, and the support of the Commission TV, Procirep - Société des producteurs, ANGOA-AGICOA.
In This Is Not Einstein, Catherine Fol's latest film, Pascale Montpetit portrays a young woman with a curious mind who embarks on a quest for discovery with Albert Einstein's writings as her guide. This documentary invites us to rediscover the wonder of childhood and our fascination with the riddles of the universe. Through amusing demonstrations and interviews with eminent scientists, the film shows the difficulty of explaining the universe with theories that only partially represent reality. Though our insight into nature is constantly growing, we can never hope for a total understanding. Astronomer Trinh Xuan Thuan reminds us that by questioning the most elemental things, inquisitive minds have made momentous discoveries.
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Subject categories
- Sciences > Astronomy and Space SciencesPhysicsResearch
- Ethics and Religious Culture > Religious Diversity/Heritage
- Science > Space
Credits
- participant
- Madeleine Fol
- Pascale Montpetit
- Maurice Ribière
- Trinh Xuan Thuan
- Claude Plymate
- Françoise Balibar
- direction
- Catherine Fol
- research
- Catherine Fol
- Françoise de La Cressonnière
- Véronique Simon
- Odette Désormeaux
- Nancy Marcotte
- Virginie Millière
- script
- Catherine Fol
- research consultant
- Raymond Laflamme
- Alain Aspect
- Christopher Keller
- George V. Coyne
- Jacques Farine
- Adam Burrows
- Steve Hegwer
- Maurice Jacob
- Barbara Wolff
- John Briggs
- Marc Jobin
- assistant director
- Hélène Ferrandi
- Doris Lapierre
- Françoise de La Cressonnière
- director of photography
- Philippe Lavalette
- Martin Leclerc
- Marc Gadoury
- camera assistant
- Julie Lévesque
- Manuel Barbeau-Lavalette
- Gilles Laliberté
- location sound
- Raphaël Sohier
- Marie-France Delagrave
- 3D animation
- Georges Mauro
- digital imaging supervisor
- Jean-Pierre St-Michel
- infographics
- Mathieu Asselin
- Jean-Romain Clark
- graphic artist
- Jean-Marc Brosseau
- picture editing
- Jean De Garrigues
- editing technical support
- Danielle Raymond
- sound editing
- Pierre Yves Drapeau
- sound design
- Normand Roger
- sound design assistant
- Denis Chartrand
- original music
- Normand Roger
- original music - assistance
- Denis Chartrand
- singer
- Josée Lefebvre
- off camera voice
- Kathleen Fee
- Harry Hill
- Pascale Montpetit
- Michael Rudder
- props
- Réal Baril
- Bernard Comte
- lighting
- Bill Muloin
- Clermont Lapointe
- grip
- Pierre Burté
- still photographer
- Martin Leclerc
- storyboard designer
- Sylvain Proteau
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- colour correction
- Denis Pilon
- editing co-director
- Jean De Garrigues
- re-recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- re-recording - assistance
- Serge Boivin
- voice recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- subtitles
- Kathleen Fleming
- translation
- Kathleen Fee
- casting
- Kathleen Fee
- executive producer
- Éric Michel
- Colette Loumède
- Arnaud Hantute
- Maurice Ribière
- line production
- Christiane Germain
- marketing officer
- Élise Labbé
- technical coordinator
- Richard Cliche
- administrative staff
- Colette Brodeur
- Dany Delpy
- Lise Fortin Roy
- production manager
- Anne De Grevès
- production coordinator
- Audrey Ferrarese
- administrator
- Karim Samaï
- accountant
- Yannick Comte
- program unit
- Thierry Garrel
- program coordinator
- Elisabeth Hulten
- production
- Éric Michel
- Arnaud Hantute
Awards
- Youth AwardFestival international du film scientifique
- Special Jury's AvardFestival international du film scientifique