{"id":8752,"date":"2014-05-07T14:50:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T18:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8752"},"modified":"2014-05-07T15:09:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T19:09:58","slug":"film-where-im-from-dou-je-viens-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=8752","title":{"rendered":"Film: Where I\u2019m From \/ D’o\u00f9 je viens (2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"WhereImFrom_pic\"<\/a>Film<\/strong>: Good<\/p>\n

Transfer<\/strong>: \u00a0n\/a \u00a0Extras<\/strong>:\u00a0n\/a<\/p>\n

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Region:<\/strong>\u00a0n\/a<\/p>\n

Released:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0n\/a<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0 Documentary \/ Hot Docs 2014<\/p>\n

Synopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0The trials of director Claude Demers’ early childhood are experienced through striking images and present day vignettes of working class kids of Verdun, Montreal.<\/p>\n

Special Features:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0n\/a<\/span><\/p>\n

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Review:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Claude Demers\u2019 personal reflections on his childhood in Verdun, a borough in Montreal, Quebec, are conveyed in a slightly experimental narrative design where the director\u2019s impressionistic narration flows over striking images of the city\u2019s waterways and rough streets, and vignettes featuring kids from a similar working class background.<\/p>\n

The individual sequences are quite affecting \u2013 whether it\u2019s the Kubrickian tracking shots in street alleys, following fast-moving skateboarding kids, a fiery church sermon, or a bed-ridden woman reflecting on death \u2013 but Demers\u2019 approach might be a little too abstract, if not a little rambling as his memories are tangentially conveyed through footage of present day kids struggling with school, leisure activities, and friendships.<\/p>\n

Demer\u2019s approach isn\u2019t far off from Terrence Malick\u2019s own fractured yet dreamy narrative style, but it\u2019s also a little meandering, offering select morsels of characters rather than clearly defined subjects with a firm end statement.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2014 Mark R. Hasan<\/p>\n

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External References:<\/strong>
\nIMDB<\/a> \u00a0— \u00a0Hot Docs 2014 Listing<\/a>
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\nVendor Search Links:<\/strong>
\nAmazon.ca<\/a>\"\" \"\" —\u00a0<\/span> Amazon.com<\/a>\"\" \"\" —\u00a0<\/span> Amazon.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claude Demers\u2019 personal reflections on his childhood in Verdun, a borough in Montreal, Quebec, are conveyed in a slightly experimental narrative design where the director\u2019s impressionistic narration flows over striking images of the city\u2019s waterways and rough streets…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[2748,2750,461,2711,2592,2749],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-2ha","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8754,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8752\/revisions\/8754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}