Martin et les Dragons

Robert Cornellier

Canada | V.O. French | 2015 | 46 min | DCP | color | Documentary | World Premiere

Martin and the Dragons follows the challenges Martin Dusseault, a social worker, faces with whom we could call our school system “lost causes”, with the program Bien dans mes Baskets, a preventive psychosocial development program that uses basketball as a tool for intervention.

Distribution
Director Robert Cornellier
Cinematographer Francis Pinard
Screenplay Robert Cornellier
Participation Martin Dusseault, Guy Pariseau, Gino Cierlo, Marie-Noëlle Lanneville, Bruno Lapointe
Production BUDDHA FILMS, VIVAVISION
Distribution CANAL D

Biographie

Robert Cornellier

Prolific director, producer, and script writer Robert Comellier started his career in 1978, with a documentary called "Une Autre Histoire des Pays d’en Haut. Un Regard Personnel sur l’Histoire de l’Abitibi".
In 2009, he presented "Le Tour des Rêves", his second full-length documentary, about the peregrinations of four teenagers participating in one of the most important junior-level bicycle races; the Tour de l'Abitibi.
In 2012-13, he co-wrote and produced the "Objectif Nord" series (4 x 52 min.). From Baie Comeau to Salluit, from Wemindji to Kuujjuaq, the series presented Quebec's north, through the stories and the experiences of over forty residents of the region.
In 2014, Comellier presented another documentary, "Retour à Hochelaga". The film deals with Aboriginals living in urban settings and especially in Montreal, a little-known but increasingly important issue in the last twenty years, bringing significant changes to the relations between Natives and non-Natives.
"Martin et les Dragons" is his third feature film.