Post-Partum (2004)
Synopsis
When I was two months old my mother abandoned me, leaving me in my grandmother’s care. She could no longer bear the sound of my incessant crying. So many tears drive me to the water’s edge. Towards water that I have always been so afraid of. In a thought, in a moment, I revisited my past, I revisited hers…
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Director’s Statement
Somewhere in between dream and reality, this autobiographical film is inspired from the post-partum depression my mother suffered shortly after giving birth to me. I decided to make a film in order to revisit our past, with the three central women who were touched by this depression (my mother, my grandmother and myself). Symbolically, these women are universal because there is no face to post-partum depression.
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Team and Credits
Director, Producer and Scriptwriter
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Cinematography
Korbett Matthews
Underwater Cinematography
Benoit Beaulieu
Thesis Supervisor
Guylaine Dionne
Sound Design
Jonah Kamphorst
Sound Mix
Tim Horlor
Graphic Artist
Cliff Caines
Models
Cécile Michaud, Hélène St-Pierre, Julie St-Pierre, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre