The Vigil

20208 min 57 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Christine Chevarie-Lessard

Production: Pierre-Mathieu Fortin (National Film Board of Canada)Nathalie Cloutier (Office national du film du Canada)

Script: Christine Chevarie-Lessard

Marguerite Paquin lives in a seniors’ home where 18 nuns from her religious congregation have succumbed to COVID-19. The film takes us from the grandeur of the landscapes of Côte-Nord, Quebec, where Marguerite has worked for 47 years, into the room where she sits confined today, finding a sort of liberation through prayer and unshakeable solidarity with her sisters who are suffering.

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  • Health and Medicine > Coping with Illness and Dying
  • Seniors > Health and Illness
  • Women > Religion and Spirituality
  • Religion, Beliefs and Ethics > Religious Communities
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
  • Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
  • Health/Personal Development > Disease Prevention
  • Ethics and Religious Culture > Religious Diversity/Heritage

Credits


director
Christine Chevarie-Lessard
writer
Christine Chevarie-Lessard
participant
Marguerite Paquin
producer
Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
cinematographer
François Pesant
editing
Vincent Guignard
sound design
Catherine Van Der Donckt
music
Jean-Olivier Bégin
location sound
Richard Lavoie
production manager
Geneviève Thibert
technical support - editing
Pierre Dupont
Marie-Josée Gourde
Patrick Trahan
titles design
Daphnée Brisson-Cardin
infographics
Alain Ostiguy
Cynthia Ouellet
online editing
Yannick Carrier
colourization
Yannick Carrier
foley
Nicolas Gagnon
foley recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
re-recording
Isabelle Lussier
administrator
Sia Koukoulas
senior production coordinator
Joëlle Lapointe
production coordinator
Alexandra Bourque
Chinda Phommarinh
studio coordinator
Gabrielle Dupont
technical coordinator
Daniel Claveau
line production
Mélanie Lasnier
executive producer
Nathalie Cloutier