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    Absences

    2014-04-25

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    Documentary

    Overview:

    Carole Laganière dives deeply into personal territory in this beautifully crafted exploration of absence and loss and its painful effect on daily lives. Inspired by her mother’s steadily advancing Alzheimer’s and the inevitability of her estrangement, Laganière weaves their story with the stories of others wrestling with loss: Ines, an immigrant who returns to her birth country of Croatia to find the mother who abandoned her during the war; Deni, an American author who’s finally able to search for his Quebec roots; and Nathalie, who’s desperately looking for her missing sister. Through their experiences the film ponders how absence is often the catalyst for a quest—a quest for information, understanding and often acceptance. Through its many voices, Absences speaks to us of the immense fragility and resiliency of human emotions.

    DirectingCarole LaganièreWritingCarole Laganière

    Watch Providers (US)

    - Amazon Video

    Cast

    1

    Self

    Colette Sauvageau

    1

    Self

    Deni Yvan Béchard

    1

    Self

    Nathalie Bergeron

    1

    Self

    Ines Hajrovic

    1

    Self

    Yvonne Duguay

    1

    Self

    Marcel Dumesnil

    1

    Self

    Zekija Hajrovic

    1

    Self

    Robert Hendrickson

    1

    Self

    Laurette Sauvageau

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    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Canada
    • List of languages:
      1. Croatian
      2. English
      3. French
    • List of companies:
      1. ONF | NFB
    • Vote Count: 0
    • Popularity: 0.2126
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Absences

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