ACCOLADES

AUDIO POESIS

In spring 2020, during the peak of the health crisis, François interviewed Gisèle, Jerry, Lorraine, Darquise, Leslie and Claude, residents of the private senior’s residence Les Jardins du Patrimoine in Val-d’Or, about their lived experience during the lockdown. His goal? Check in with them and have a direct access to this exceptional situation. In addition, François met with his 82-year-old mother, Alice.

Each encounter reveals the strangeness and violence of the lack of contact caused by this unprecedented pandemic, which are revealed by a word pronounced by one of Francis’ interlocutors: accolades (embrace).

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​Today, their stories are told in an intimate and honest way, in a series of short sound POESIS. 

THE TEAM

Ideation and directing : François Grisé

Co-directing and music : Laurier Rajotte

Graphic design: Guillaume Boucher

A production by: Un et un font mille

Broadcast partners: Porte-Parole and the Collectif Nous sommes ici

Un et un font mille would like to the Canada Council for the Arts for its support, via the Digital Originals initiative.