LE DERNIER NATAQ

Lisette Marcotte

Canada | V.O. French | 2019 | 58 min | DCP | color | Documentary | World Premiere

Richard Desjardins wrote a masterpiece-- Nataq. In this documentary, Lisette Marcotte goes in quest of the spirit of the place where they were both born. The film is built on the breadcrumb trail of the mural created in tribute to the poetry of Desjardins in Rouyn-Noranda. Twenty years after L'erreur boréale, he shares his thoughts on the major environmental issues and his love for his homeland.

Distribution
Director Lisette Marcotte
Music Richard Desjardins
Cinematographer Virgil Héroux-Laferté
Screenplay Lisette Marcotte
Participation Richard Desjardins, Ariane Ouellet, Annie Boulanger, Martin Guérin, Félix B. Desfossé
Production Les Productions La vie devant soi inc.
Distribution Les Productions La vie devant soi inc.

Biographie

Lisette Marcotte

Lisette Marcotte is a screenwriter and director from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. Her documentary Entre les larmes et l'espoir received the Best Canadian Film Award at the Vues d'Afrique festival in 1998. In 2006, she released La démocratie au Congo, a documentary presented to the UN as part of a mission for peace, as well as Dino lab, a docufiction that has been translated and distributed in more than 40 countries. In 2008, Trisomie 21, Défi Pérou won awards in some festivals in Quebec, including the Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue. She also won the Gémeaux for Best Director for the documentary series La reine du foyer in 2013.