L'Empremier Live at Beaubassin (1970) is a Canadian mockumentary film, written and directed by Rémi Belliveau and released in 2023.[1] A pastiche of the 1972 Pink Floyd musical documentary film Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, the film centres on L'Empremier, a progressive rock band led by transgender musician Joan Dularge who perform rock renditions of traditional Acadian music, as they prepare for and perform a concert at the historic Fort Beauséjour site in 1970.[2]
| L'Empremier Live at Beaubassin (1970) | |
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| Directed by | Rémi Belliveau |
| Written by | Rémi Belliveau |
| Produced by | Jean-Michel Vienneau |
| Starring | Rémi Belliveau Katrine Noël Mico Roy Jason LeBlanc Pierre-Guy Blanchard Marie-Andrée Gaudet |
| Cinematography | Simon LeBlanc Annie France Noël Evar Simon |
| Music by | Rémi Belliveau Katrine Noël Mico Roy Jason LeBlanc Pierre-Guy Blanchard Marie-Andrée Gaudet |
Production company | Les Disques Acadisco |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | Chiac |
Joan Dularge is a character who frequently recurs in Belliveau's artistic work, which explores the Acadian cultural renaissance of the late 1960s and early 1970s through an LGBTQ perspective.[1] The cast also includes Katrine Noël, Mico Roy, Jason LeBlanc, Pierre-Guy Blanchard and Marie-Andrée Gaudet as the other band members.[1]
The film premiered at Montreal's MOMENTA Biennale de l'image as part of Dans la peau de l’histoire. Becoming Joan Dularge, an exhibition of Belliveau's Joan Dularge projects.[3] It was later screened as the opening film of the 2023 Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie,[1] where it won the award for Best Acadian Feature Film.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Jérémie Tessier-Vigneault, "L’Acadie queer et psychédélique de Rémi Belliveau". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, November 16, 2023.
- ^ Marc-Antoine Côté, "À Alma avec Joan Dularge comme à Pompéi avec Pink Floyd". Le Quotidien, November 6, 2024.
- ^ Jérôme Delgado, "Momenta 2023: tombent les masques". Le Devoir, September 16, 2023.
- ^ "L’Empremier Live at Beaubassin, de Rémi Belliveau, est couronné au FICFA". Ici Radio-Canada Nouveau-Brunswick, November 24, 2023.
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