A film by Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
TROUBLED WATER
Fiction · 2021 · Quebec · 16 min
Synopsis
Lila goes to her grandmother's to spend the weekend. There, she meets her cousin Maxime with whom she has been very close since childhood. It’s during this weekend that an event will forever change the relationship between the two and tarnish Lila’s worldview.
Technical details
- Category
- Fiction
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2021
- Country
- Quebec
- Running time
- 16 min
- Picture
- Colour
- Sound
- 5.1, Stéréo
Cast
Maxime-Olivier Cossette Xavier Rivard-Désy Victoria Elliot Robinson Thérèse Perreault Leevia Elliot Robinson
Crew
- Direction
- Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
- Screenplay
- Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
- Production
- Clara Bernard - Laurie Pominville
- Direction of photography
- Ismael Ouattara
- Art direction
- Philippe Gauvin
- Editing
- Alina Elsenhans
- Sound design
- Victor Sepulveda
- Original score
- Malika Tirolien
Stills
Festivals and awards
- 2022
- Carrousel international du film de Rimouski
- Ciné-Relève
- Les Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma
- Festival Filministes
- 2021
- Festival Courts d'un soir
- Cinéfest Sudbury
- Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Filmmaker
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais
Nadia Louis-Desmarchais is a young afro descendant director who aspires to give a voice to those we too often refuse to hear. She directed the short films “Tell me all about my body” and the controversial “Rated X”, official selection of the Regard festival, RVQC Festival as well as the Filministes Festival. Her first fiction short film "Troubled Water" showcased at the FNC Film Festival, VGIK International Student Film Festival. She is currently writing her first medium-length documentary" Black and White", which is supported by SODEC. Nadia is also developing her first fiction webserie ‘’The adoption constellation’’ in collaboration with TOU.TV. Putting forward a unique and deep sensitivity in her artistic approach, Nadia is eager to get into the professional sphere to write and carry out intimate scenarios which, according to her, give the cinema its universal power.
Filmography
- 2022nid d'oiseauShort film
- 2021Dors-tuShort film
- 2021urbanShort film
- 2019rated xShort film
- 2019raconte-moi mon corpsShort film
