Cavale au Canada (2014)
Montreal, 2013. Dina Mendes, artist and the daughter French criminal superstar Jacques Mesrine had from an affair in 1970, returns to Montreal and looks for her father's traces. She embarks on this search with both personal quest and artistic project in mind. The film shifts from fiction conventions to cinema-vérité, particularly in Percé, where the project reaches its momentum. In the end, Dina Mendes ends up achieving neither the personal quest nor a meaningful artistic project, caught between over-exposed facts and an impossible identification. Nonetheless, what this odd film - in which you will never see or hear Mesrine once - does achieve is to provide a Québec perspective onto a history that is so central to French popular culture.
Director: Michael Blum
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 85 min
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Production: Université de Montréal
Country: Canada
Language: English, Français
Original Language: fr
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Cavale au Canada about?
- Montreal, 2013. Dina Mendes, artist and the daughter French criminal superstar Jacques Mesrine had from an affair in 1970, returns to Montreal and looks for her father's traces. She embarks on this search with both personal quest and artistic project in mind. The film shifts from fiction conventions to cinema-vérité, particularly in Percé, where the project reaches its momentum. In the end, Dina Mendes ends up achieving neither the personal quest nor a meaningful artistic project, caught between over-exposed facts and an impossible identification. Nonetheless, what this odd film - in which you will never see or hear Mesrine once - does achieve is to provide a Québec perspective onto a history that is so central to French popular culture.
- Who directed Cavale au Canada?
- Cavale au Canada was directed by Michael Blum.
- How long is Cavale au Canada?
- Cavale au Canada has a runtime of 1h 25m (85 minutes).
- What genre is Cavale au Canada?
- Cavale au Canada is a Documentary film.
- Where was Cavale au Canada produced?
- Cavale au Canada was produced in Canada.