Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve
Directing
Biography
Martin Rodolphe Villeneuve was born in 1970 and holds a bachelor’s degree in cinema from UQAC. He co-scripted the animated film Les ramoneurs cérébraux (The Brainwashers) which was shown at more than 40 festivals and won the Jutra award for best animated film in 2002). He made his first documentary short, Ce qu’il reste, in 2001. In 2003, he embarked on the adventure of Le Vélocipède à patins, an animated film which won numerous awards and was shown in dozens of festivals. L'Asepsie, made in 2007 with the support of the CALQ and of the Fonds d’excellence des arts et des lettres du Saguenay, was screened at the International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal and in Cuba for the event Habanart in 2008.
Known For
The selfishness of the bourgeoisie and the dull passivity of its servants are the theme of this puppet animation presenting the tragicomedy of a society in its death throes, taking refuge in absurd behaviour.
Subservience
A man is taken to the doctor's office, but it's not for an ordinary checkup. A huge syringe is thrust into his head. Out of the syringe oozes a sticky yellowish liquid that magically turns into two sinister-looking men. These are the opening images of this chilling animation film, in which two chimney sweeps clear all the memories out of their victim's brain. Fearsome puppets inhabit a world of strange objects. What goes on in a man's head?
The Brainwashers
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Qu'en ce jour je meure
Photos are no longer enough to nourish the memory of happy days... Poems are powerless to preserve lost love... To return to the place of ecstasy is to return to Eden... With risks and perils...
And if you hear me
A grand-father, a countryside in the spring, an old house and a scar starts to heal.
Éléonore
A homeless takes refuge in an abandoned barn. During the night, facing this cold and desolate universe, the man faces himself, his regret and his faith.
Notre-Dame-Des-Monts
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