Xavier Doutre
Directing
Known For
Prague, 2022 - Having found refuge from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, two women and their young daughters face the waiting and hope of an imminent return to Ukraine. Shelved in this city, these women tell the story of their past and give access to their daily life, their present, in which they try to learn how to live again. This documentary tries to give a voice to those who live war differently.
Where Motion Has Not Yet Ceased
In the city, atop a mountain, and out in space, amateur radio operators wander through the airwaves in search of human connections.
Leur existence
After the hospitalization of a colleague, Louise, a fellow miner, causes havoc by vandalizing an office at work.
Among Ashes
Set in a poor Québec neighbourhood during the 1930s, a young woman begins the dire labour of birthing.
Les marcheuses
In 1963, the Faubourg district in M'lasse was destroyed for the construction of the Radio-Canada tower. A photographer was then hired to immortalize the neighborhood. Halfway between documentary and fiction, Au pied du mur takes up this premise and updates it. The film follows a city employee entering the privacy of the people of a Montreal neighborhood in order to capture one last time what will soon have to be destroyed.
Au pied du mur
A century after a village and its paper mill were abandoned, a group of actors is tasked with recreating the fantasized daily life of its inhabitants.
Period Pieces
On this January morning, Agnès and her brother are hanging out in the living room. This quiet day will take a wrong turn when Agnès' father, shaken by his recent divorce from her mother, decides to pay her an impromptu visit.
A Storm Outside
As Carolanne prepares to spend an evening with her friends, her ex-boyfriend pays her a visit, bringing her old clothes as an excuse. An argument will follow where a heavy past will surface.
Summer Storms
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Le dernier souhait
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Débouche-bonheur
At the time of her 24th birthday, there is not much that makes sense for Anne; All that remains are those summers spent lounging in the fields and the memory of a great friendship. Deserted, Anne faces all the time she has lost and all the reasons that keep her from loving others, but above all from loving herself.
Anne les alentours
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Les grands froids
In 1940s’ rural Quebec, Marguerite assists her sister Aimée who’s been in painful labour for hours. Alerted by the midwife that a caesarean is necessary, their father leaves to seek the village doctor.