In recent years, on stage and radio, Fred Pellerin tells her village, Saint-Elie-de-Caxton, giving his stories airs tales and legends. Luc Picard took over in materializing part of the work storytellers on the big screen. This is the story of Babine, the bishop of the village.
The meeting Luc Picard and Fred Pellerin could one day be a chapter of the story charming stories of Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. It was the summer of 2007. The draft Babine film, directed by Picard and written by Pellerin, according to a 2001 show entitled We must take the bull by the tales, had taken the downstream financial Telefilm Canada. The director, who had previously heard that the voice on the phone the blond storyteller, decided to make a leap from home. "Already he arrived in St. Elijah, he won points," says Fred Pellerin.
Luc Picard does not come alone. His dog was with him. "By entering my home, the dog has vomited, remembers Pellerin. Therefore flared vomit together. That part on a real basis! Afterwards, Luke told me we had the money for the film. Here, we catch to do it! "
Putting images on the stories style legends Pellerin is, in fact, not a small matter. With a budget of 6.3 million, it was clear from the beginning of the adventure, we should do miracles to tell dignity Babine (which required 200 visual effects shots). "This is a feature film art," says Vincent Guillaume Otis, who embodies the title character.
Add to the scenario a language as beautiful as singular ... The dialogues, which previously belonged to Pellerin, would it pass without obstacles in the mouths of characters on the big screen? "The language of film is expected, Picard notes. The dialogues functioned as a partition, even if the language is rich and special. "
"The text of Fred have turned traditional, but its way of them is contemporary, said Marie-Chantal Perron, who embodies a village of St. Elijah, which takes place Babine. It does not prevent us from being hit, because it is fundamentally human. I love his poetry. It is not hard to mouth. This is very accurate. "
Campée no surprise in the village which has seen grow Fred Pellerin, the history of Babine turn around a weak light 20 years unjustly accused the burning of the church. But Babine, is also the story of a community that lives in a space-time that is not ours. Where watches are scarce, where the opening pages of schedules over amusing dates, where trees grow very rapidly, where women can decide when they give birth and where you can engage in fishing in ponds filled cattails instead of water. "Fred makes you see all possible worlds," Justice Vincent-Guillaume Otis.
"The time of the tale is a perfect time, says Fred Pellerin. There are no tags. It is a time where all the magic is possible. "
The agreement greatly pleased storyteller, who believes that our world is set to unnecessarily quarter turn. "Time is money, he said. Everything is calculated. Everything is in profit percentages in Dow Jones today. It asked all the time oil prices. Where do you imagine that? There is no catch according to figures to dream. "
To listen to the director, screenwriter and actors, Babine is a film with multiple layers. "This film is a message on tolerance and respect for others, said Vincent Guillaume Otis. It is also an ode to childhood, because Babine is a great child. It is like a perfect human being because he has no malice. It is in pursuit of absolute love, but no Machiavellianism. "
"I like the candor of the characters, continues Luc Picard. There was no trial in this village, just like Asterix the Gaul. Babine and is the embodiment of that innocence. It also contained sacrifice. There is something religious in the film. "
Imposing images
The transposition to film could be a risky bet, because with Babine, the film freezes on a kind of imaginary Fred Pellerin. Apply faces to his characters, scenery studio in Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. "This is Babine another version simply believes Pellerin, who followed with pleasure all stages of the making of the film. My stories are changing all the time show. The film thus enriching the repertoire of possible versions. There are still a part of the delirium that I have on stage. "
"When I was offered to achieve Babine, I did not know Fred," says Luc Picard. I wanted to talk to him before accepting. Was he at ease with the fact of being deprived? I put the main scenario, but with respect. "
With respect, but taking Mordicus to lay something out of the ordinary. And who rarely touches land. Besides, would be enough to dream in cinema here? "Yes, says Vincent-Guillaume Otis. Quebec cinema is so fascinating. Even films very realistic dream can we do in the future. "
"We often dream, but wrong, however, believes Luc Picard. I Tripp on Star Wars, but the dream the dream does not interest me. It must be exciting. "
The characters
The imagination is fertile Fred Pellerin. The engine of his tales remains the inhabitants of his village, Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. "The generic film is in the cemetery of St. Elijah," says the story, about the movie he wrote Babine. Description of the principal.
Babine is a kid in the body of an adult 20 years old, born from that we nicknamed the Witch (Isabel Richer). Slightly deficient, it will be the ideal target when it comes time to find the person responsible for the burning of the village church.
In Saint-Elie-de-Caxton, Babine has existed in the name of Roger Lafreniere. "He died on 13 April 2001, about 88 years," says Fred Pellerin. It was the bishop of the village, but also the henchman of the entire world. He was still in the grocery store or church. It was abusing his side meek, but it was supported by the community. "
General merchant and farmer flies, it is the protector of Babine. It will do everything to enforce the rights of the young man when accused of having set fire to the church.
In reality, "Toussaint Brodeur paid cigarettes Roger Lafreniere," says Fred Pellerin.
Upon the death of old pastor (Julien Poulin), in the church burned down, it will be replaced by the priest nine. Petty and unnecessary law, it will mission to condemn Babine, because he must find a culprit.
It is the woman of Toussaint, a little naive, but always behind her husband. "In the film, is the wiser, says Marie-Chantal Perron. It does not belong. At the same time, she tempers her man. It is a character of few words. "
Mother of a dozen boys, Ms. Gélinas is extremely fertile. Because she was told by his doctor that next pregnancy could put his life at risk, she decided never to deliver the latest that door ... leave to stay pregnant for the rest of his days!
A village in the spotlight
Had it not been for the talents of storyteller Fred Pellerin, Saint-Elie-de-Caxton would be a village among many others in Quebec. Since it has magnified the lives of its people, its neighbors and souls that populate the cemetery Instead, the reality of the town of 1,500 people in Mauricie, seems different.
Unlike many villagers who drive in the big city when the time came to study at university or find a job, Fred Pellerin never thought his desert village. "I was born. I am the seventh generation living here. How do you know that I go? says he. There is everything you need here: membership in the community, community life ... Anyone can go to the mayor and to propose a project. And St. Elijah, you have a castle and 20 000 square feet of land for $ 100 000. "
The heart of Saint-Elie-de-Caxton would, anyway, far to cease to beat: its people tend to imitate Fred Pellerin. "Many young people return. It's désexode, says storyteller. The population growth rate is the highest in the region, thanks to births and new arrivals. There are four baptisms for a death. It zigne! "
But then to say that his village deserved more than others to be catapulted to the forefront ... "I suggest that Saint Elijah is the center of the world, but I do not deny the World, launches Pellerin. I am proof of a chauvinistic exaggeration, but I'm multi! I have nothing against the stories of other villages. If everyone has the best legend, it enriches the directory, our culture. The culture is not buying CDs and tickets. "
"In each village, there may be fantastic," says Vincent Guillaume Otis, who embodies Babine. Everyone is carrying legends. And it is important to perpetuate it. It's our language and our history. What distinguishes us as a nation. "
The meeting Luc Picard and Fred Pellerin could one day be a chapter of the story charming stories of Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. It was the summer of 2007. The draft Babine film, directed by Picard and written by Pellerin, according to a 2001 show entitled We must take the bull by the tales, had taken the downstream financial Telefilm Canada. The director, who had previously heard that the voice on the phone the blond storyteller, decided to make a leap from home. "Already he arrived in St. Elijah, he won points," says Fred Pellerin.
Luc Picard does not come alone. His dog was with him. "By entering my home, the dog has vomited, remembers Pellerin. Therefore flared vomit together. That part on a real basis! Afterwards, Luke told me we had the money for the film. Here, we catch to do it! "
Putting images on the stories style legends Pellerin is, in fact, not a small matter. With a budget of 6.3 million, it was clear from the beginning of the adventure, we should do miracles to tell dignity Babine (which required 200 visual effects shots). "This is a feature film art," says Vincent Guillaume Otis, who embodies the title character.
Add to the scenario a language as beautiful as singular ... The dialogues, which previously belonged to Pellerin, would it pass without obstacles in the mouths of characters on the big screen? "The language of film is expected, Picard notes. The dialogues functioned as a partition, even if the language is rich and special. "
"The text of Fred have turned traditional, but its way of them is contemporary, said Marie-Chantal Perron, who embodies a village of St. Elijah, which takes place Babine. It does not prevent us from being hit, because it is fundamentally human. I love his poetry. It is not hard to mouth. This is very accurate. "
Campée no surprise in the village which has seen grow Fred Pellerin, the history of Babine turn around a weak light 20 years unjustly accused the burning of the church. But Babine, is also the story of a community that lives in a space-time that is not ours. Where watches are scarce, where the opening pages of schedules over amusing dates, where trees grow very rapidly, where women can decide when they give birth and where you can engage in fishing in ponds filled cattails instead of water. "Fred makes you see all possible worlds," Justice Vincent-Guillaume Otis.
"The time of the tale is a perfect time, says Fred Pellerin. There are no tags. It is a time where all the magic is possible. "
The agreement greatly pleased storyteller, who believes that our world is set to unnecessarily quarter turn. "Time is money, he said. Everything is calculated. Everything is in profit percentages in Dow Jones today. It asked all the time oil prices. Where do you imagine that? There is no catch according to figures to dream. "
To listen to the director, screenwriter and actors, Babine is a film with multiple layers. "This film is a message on tolerance and respect for others, said Vincent Guillaume Otis. It is also an ode to childhood, because Babine is a great child. It is like a perfect human being because he has no malice. It is in pursuit of absolute love, but no Machiavellianism. "
"I like the candor of the characters, continues Luc Picard. There was no trial in this village, just like Asterix the Gaul. Babine and is the embodiment of that innocence. It also contained sacrifice. There is something religious in the film. "
Imposing images
The transposition to film could be a risky bet, because with Babine, the film freezes on a kind of imaginary Fred Pellerin. Apply faces to his characters, scenery studio in Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. "This is Babine another version simply believes Pellerin, who followed with pleasure all stages of the making of the film. My stories are changing all the time show. The film thus enriching the repertoire of possible versions. There are still a part of the delirium that I have on stage. "
"When I was offered to achieve Babine, I did not know Fred," says Luc Picard. I wanted to talk to him before accepting. Was he at ease with the fact of being deprived? I put the main scenario, but with respect. "
With respect, but taking Mordicus to lay something out of the ordinary. And who rarely touches land. Besides, would be enough to dream in cinema here? "Yes, says Vincent-Guillaume Otis. Quebec cinema is so fascinating. Even films very realistic dream can we do in the future. "
"We often dream, but wrong, however, believes Luc Picard. I Tripp on Star Wars, but the dream the dream does not interest me. It must be exciting. "
The characters
The imagination is fertile Fred Pellerin. The engine of his tales remains the inhabitants of his village, Saint-Elie-de-Caxton. "The generic film is in the cemetery of St. Elijah," says the story, about the movie he wrote Babine. Description of the principal.
Babine is a kid in the body of an adult 20 years old, born from that we nicknamed the Witch (Isabel Richer). Slightly deficient, it will be the ideal target when it comes time to find the person responsible for the burning of the village church.
In Saint-Elie-de-Caxton, Babine has existed in the name of Roger Lafreniere. "He died on 13 April 2001, about 88 years," says Fred Pellerin. It was the bishop of the village, but also the henchman of the entire world. He was still in the grocery store or church. It was abusing his side meek, but it was supported by the community. "
General merchant and farmer flies, it is the protector of Babine. It will do everything to enforce the rights of the young man when accused of having set fire to the church.
In reality, "Toussaint Brodeur paid cigarettes Roger Lafreniere," says Fred Pellerin.
Upon the death of old pastor (Julien Poulin), in the church burned down, it will be replaced by the priest nine. Petty and unnecessary law, it will mission to condemn Babine, because he must find a culprit.
It is the woman of Toussaint, a little naive, but always behind her husband. "In the film, is the wiser, says Marie-Chantal Perron. It does not belong. At the same time, she tempers her man. It is a character of few words. "
Mother of a dozen boys, Ms. Gélinas is extremely fertile. Because she was told by his doctor that next pregnancy could put his life at risk, she decided never to deliver the latest that door ... leave to stay pregnant for the rest of his days!
A village in the spotlight
Had it not been for the talents of storyteller Fred Pellerin, Saint-Elie-de-Caxton would be a village among many others in Quebec. Since it has magnified the lives of its people, its neighbors and souls that populate the cemetery Instead, the reality of the town of 1,500 people in Mauricie, seems different.
Unlike many villagers who drive in the big city when the time came to study at university or find a job, Fred Pellerin never thought his desert village. "I was born. I am the seventh generation living here. How do you know that I go? says he. There is everything you need here: membership in the community, community life ... Anyone can go to the mayor and to propose a project. And St. Elijah, you have a castle and 20 000 square feet of land for $ 100 000. "
The heart of Saint-Elie-de-Caxton would, anyway, far to cease to beat: its people tend to imitate Fred Pellerin. "Many young people return. It's désexode, says storyteller. The population growth rate is the highest in the region, thanks to births and new arrivals. There are four baptisms for a death. It zigne! "
But then to say that his village deserved more than others to be catapulted to the forefront ... "I suggest that Saint Elijah is the center of the world, but I do not deny the World, launches Pellerin. I am proof of a chauvinistic exaggeration, but I'm multi! I have nothing against the stories of other villages. If everyone has the best legend, it enriches the directory, our culture. The culture is not buying CDs and tickets. "
"In each village, there may be fantastic," says Vincent Guillaume Otis, who embodies Babine. Everyone is carrying legends. And it is important to perpetuate it. It's our language and our history. What distinguishes us as a nation. "
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