O Fear, O Night

A film by
Christine Chevarie-Lessard

With the participation of
The members of Anxiety Anonymous
Marie-Éléonore Baptiste
Claude Crépeau
Francine Demers
Amari Dissou
David Morency
Jean-Philippe Pleau

and
Birgit Grosse Harmann – psychologist and EMDR therapist
Joseph LeDoux – neuroscientist and musician
Valérie de Courville Nicol – sociologist
Martha Nussbaum – philosopher
Isabelle Cloutier – TRE method instructor

Directed, Written and Researched by
Christine Chevarie-Lessard

Producer
Pierre-Mathieu Fortin

Executive Producer
Nathalie Cloutier

Line Producer
Mélanie Lasnier

Editor
Vincent Guignard

Directors of Photography
Maxime Pilon-Lalande
Myriam Payette-Bourdages

Sound Recordists
Lynne Trépanier
Sylvain Vary

Sound Designer
Catherine Van Der Donckt

Original Music
Martin Lizotte

Production Manager
Philomène Sennechael

Senior Production Coordinators
Chinda Phommarinh
Joëlle Lapointe

Production Coordinators
Lucia Gauvreau Corak
Adriana Sanchez-Sansfaçon

Production Administrators
Sia Koukoulas
Isabelle Limoges

Script Consultant
Mathilde Benignus

Additional Photography
Helgi Piccinin

Additional Sound Recording
Marc-André Labonté
Christine Lebel

Additional Production Manager
Fiona Cully

Camera Assistants
Simon-Benoît Boisvert
Émilie Desmarais
Elisabeth Desrochers
Cloé Lafortune
Mathilde Lytwynuk
Sarah Legault
Louis-Philippe Michaud
Tristan Sicard
John Simonet
Vincent St-Pierre
Laura Torres
Alice Trépanier-Laplante

Grip
Nikita Bershanski

Production Assistants
Miaula Bégin
Isabel Sylvestre

Design of Barbe à papa and Berta
Gabrielle Chabot

Assistant Builders of Barbe à papa and Berta
Sophie Deslauriers
Marika Porlier
Élisabeth Bosquet
Mélina Kerhoas

Art Director – Reenactments
Sophie El-Assaad

Assisted by
Darah Miah
Zoe Roux-McKean

Puppeteer

Berta
Marcelle Hudon

Performers

Barbe à papa
Nicolas Germain-Marchand

Young Christine
Naëva Charbonneau

Set Design Consultants
Sarianne Cormier
Julie Vallée-Léger

Online Editor and Colourist
Yannick Carrier

Additional Visual Effects
Luca Di Gioacchino

Technical Support – Editing
Pierre Dupont
Albert Kurian
Patrick Trahan

Titles
Mélanie Bouchard

Translation and Subtitling
T&S Coop

Technical Coordinator
Julien Archambault

Narration
Christine Chevarie-Lessard

Narration Consultants
Mathilde Benignus
Pascal Mailloux
Oana Suteu Khintirian

Vocal Consultant
Luc Bourgeois

Re-recording Mixer
Isabelle Lussier

Foley
Stéphane Cadotte

Voice and Foley Recording
Luc Léger

Musicians

clarinet, bass clarinet
Guillaume Bourque
Laurence Neill-Poirier

drums
Robbie Kuster

piano
Martin Lizotte

trombone, trumpet, French horn
Benoît Paradis

Music Mixing
Tonio Morin Vargas
Luc Léger

Additional Music

“Fearing”
Lyrics by Emily Dickinson adapted by Joseph LeDoux

Visual Archives
Martha Nussbaum – Chicago Humanities

Film Excerpts
The Cat Came Back, Cordell Barker, NFB, 1988
My War, Julien Fréchette, NFB, 2018

Book Excerpts
Women Who Think Too Much, Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
The Monarchy of Fear, Martha Nussbaum

Special Thanks
Emma Bertin
Sophie Bissonnette
Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
Alfredo Cárdenas
Eloi Champagne
Guylaine Chevarie-Lessard
Colin Dempsey
Elizabeth Dery
Ariane Drapeau
Alain Dufresne
Dr Sohayb Faleh
Maxime Faure
Jeanne Ferland
Sarah Fortin
Romane Galliot
Pascal Gélinas
Nicole Giguère
Maia Iotzova
Stéphanie Larose
Marie-Emilie Louis
Sylvain Marotte
Philippe Miquel
Anaïs Mohler
Frank Nadeau
Félix Paré-Lebrun
Aleshay Patel
Mathieu Tremblay
Isabelle Trépannier
Emilie Villeneuve
Mira Wintonick
Organisme Relief
La clé des champs
Espace des possibles Ahuntsic
Centre Multi-Soins L’Équilibre
Marché Tradition Barcelo
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada

Senior Marketing Advisor
Laurianne Désormiers

Marketing Project Manager
Geneviève Bérard

Marketing Coordinator
Michelle Rozon

Media Relations
Sophie St-Pierre

Legal Advisor
Peter Kallianiotis

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