Louise Archambault has always had a soft spot for the marginalized and marginalized in our society. After we filmed some young adults with intellectual disabilities gabrella and three hermits living in seclusion in the forest It was raining birdsIn her new film, the director portrays a group of homeless people from Montreal on vacation in Bas-du-Fleuve. A summer time.
It was the film’s producer, Anton Cozzolino (Mafia Inc.), and screenwriter Marie Vien (La passion d’Augustine, Arlette) who thought of Louise Archambault for the production of this dramatic comedy, billed as “a feel-good film (a film , the … feels good).
“Marie and Anton had already approached me about another project that I had turned down for various reasons,” the director explains in an interview with Journal.
“But then they came back to the point with this project. It bothered me because the film touches on themes that excite me, such as differences and those left behind. There was something about the humanity of this story that appealed to me. So I dived. »
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In Le temps d’unété, Patrice Robitaille slips into the role of a street minister and vicar in Montreal who has to close his church because he can no longer pay the bills. After inheriting a property in Bas-du-Fleuve, he decides to take a gang of homeless people there who, like him, need a vacation.
” Married [Vien] volunteered at the Maison du Père for five years [un organisme qui vient en aide aux personnes en situation d’itinérance] and she was inspired to write the screenplay for the film by people she met,” explains Louise Archambault.
“After that, my job was to teach them truth and humanity. I said to myself: we have to believe in the characters. We also had to assume that there would be moments that are funny because it’s a dramatic comedy. When talking about homelessness, it’s easy to get miserable. However, Marie wanted to give hope by showing another facet of these people. »
Le temps d’unété takes the stage at a time when a housing crisis is exacerbating the problem of homelessness. When Louise Archambault agreed to direct, she didn’t expect the film to garner so much attention in today’s news.
“I admit it’s worrying, she’s falling. Could it be speaking about this problem with a glimmer of hope and painting a portrait of these people to get more people to pay attention to them or even commit to their help? It is perhaps utopian to think that. But if we don’t, we’ll never know. »
A summer time hits theaters on Friday.