BERNARD ÉMOND
Bernard Émond is a director an screenwriter. Primarily a documentarist, he produced La femme qui boit (“The Woman Who Drinks”) in 2001, which was selected for the International Critics’ Week at the Cannes Festival.
20 H 17 RUE DARLING
128 pages
Released: 01 November 2002
Gérard is an alcoholic and former crime reporter, gone back to live in the impoverished Montreal neighbourhood where he grew up. One night, his shoelace comes undone, delaying his return home and saving his life when his apartment building mysteriously blows up. Six of his neighbours are dead, others are missing. Plunged into a personal crisis, Gérard sets off looking for answers. Who were his neighbours and why was he spared? Is this his last chance to redeem himself?
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