Official SelectionAnnecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France (2019)
Official SelectionAnimafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (2019)
Official SelectionAnima Mundi International Animation Festival, Brazil (2019)
Official SelectionQuebec City Film Festival, Quebec, Canada (2019)
Official SelectionVancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada (2019)
Official SelectionNew York City Short Film Festival, New York City, U.S.A. (2019)
Official SelectionEtiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Krakow, Poland (2019)
Official SelectionFestival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada (2019)
Official SelectionFestival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie – FICFA, Moncton, Nouveau Brunswick (2019)
Official SelectionSommets du cinéma d'animation, Montréal, Canada (2019)
I surprised you, didn’t I? I died. After Catherine’s fatal car accident, she speaks from the beyond to her grieving husband, Philip, who must endure the inevitable family ritual of the funeral. Her captivating voice provided by actress Alarey Alsip, the deceased narrates the events that took place, weaving in memories of her 10 years with Philip as she revisits the tragic accident.
This atmospheric short film captures the restraint, decorum, and calculated staging of a funeral, which seems designed to prevent the expression of any genuine emotions. At once empty and inhabited by the memory of Catherine, the couple’s mansion becomes the only witness to Philip’s pain and to their love story.
Produced at the NFB by Julie Roy, The Procession is the first collaboration between illustrator and graphic novel writer Pascal Blanchet and animator and filmmaker Rodolphe Saint-Gelais. Lavishly set to music by Pierre Lapointe and Philippe Brault, the film has a chic visual style inspired by a mid-20th-century aesthetic and Art Deco. A poem in black, white, and pink whose refined elegance and implacable geometry show us how, despite the pressure to keep up appearances, love finds a way.
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After Catherine’s fatal car accident, she speaks from the beyond to her grieving husband, Philip, who must endure the family ritual of the funeral. The Procession is an elegant poem in black, white, and pink that shows us how, despite the pressure to keep up appearances, love finds a way.
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After Catherine’s fatal car accident, she speaks from the beyond to her husband, Philip, who must endure the family ritual of the funeral.
A film by
Pascal Blanchet and Rodolphe Saint-Gelais
Producer
Julie Roy
Original Score
Pierre Lapointe and Philippe Brault
© 2019The National Film Board of Canada (SOCAN)
Voice
Alarey Alsip (ACTRA)
Script
Pascal Blanchet
Sylvain Charbonneau
Art Direction
Pascal Blanchet
Lead Animation
Rodolphe Saint-Gelais
Animation
Pascal Blanchet
Brenda Lopez Zepeda
Nicolas Brault
Infographics
Rodolphe Saint-Gelais
Brenda Lopez Zepeda
Offline Editing
Isabelle Malenfant
Michel Pelland
Sound Design
Sacha A. Ratcliffe
Foley
Karla Baumgartner
Musicians
Mélanie Bélair
Philippe Brault
Guillaume Bourque
Amélie Fortin
Renaud Gratton
Sheila Hannigan
Mélanie Harel
Pierre Lapointe
José Major
Lise Millet
Ligia Paquin
François Pilon
Jocelyne Roy
Jocelyn Veilleux
“Don’t Take the Lovers from the World”
Written by Hugo E. Peretti, Luigi Creatore and George David Weiss
Performed by Shirley Bassey
Courtesy of Parlophone Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
“BERCEUSE, OP.1 No. 5”
Written by Alexandr Gretchaninov
Performed by Paul Robeson Jr.
Courtesy of SCHOTT Music Corporation and Sony Classical
By arrangement with Sony Music Entertainment Canada
Dialogue
Sylvain Charbonneau
Benoît Chartier
Voice Direction
Kathleen Fee
Sound Recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
Re-recording
Shelley Craig
Online Editing
Serge Verreault
Technical Directors
Pierre Plouffe
Yannick Grandmont
Eric Pouliot
Technical Coordinator
Jean-François Laprise
Studio Coordinators
Michèle Labelle
Laetitia Seguin
Production Coordinator
Brenda Lopez Zepeda
Line Producers
Mylène Augustin
Anne-Marie Bousquet
Administrators
Diane Régimbald
Karine Desmeules
Rights Clearance
Sylvia Mezei
Marketing Manager
Geneviève Bérard
Marketing Coordinator
Michelle Rozon
Special thanks to
Claude Cloutier
Norma Andreu
La bande à Pascal
Henri, Éloïse and Georges Saint-Gelais
With the support of ARTE France
Cinema Department
Short Film Program Manager: Hélène Vayssières
Virginie Cauvy – Sylvie Smets – Pascal Richard – Romain Froidefond
Animation Studio
French Programming and Production
Creation and Innovation
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© 2019 National Film Board of Canada