The_Castle_(2020_film)

<i>The Castle</i> (2020 film)

The Castle (2020 film)

2020 Canadian film

The Castle (French: Le Château) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Denys Desjardins and released in 2020.[1] It profiles his mother Madeleine Ducharme, as she and her family confront the prospect of her having to move out of her independent living seniors' residence and into a managed CHSLD long-term care facility due to her advancing Alzheimer's disease.[2]

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The film premiered in March 2020 at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma,[3] before its commercial distribution on Vidéotron's Illico platform in May.[4]

Ducharme died of COVID-19 between the time of the theatrical screening and the streaming premiere.[3] In 2022 Desjardins released I Lost My Mom (J'ai placé ma mère), a sequel film which centred more on her final months in long-term care and her death.[5]

Awards

The film received two Prix Iris nominations at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021, for Best Editing in a Documentary (Desjardins, Annie Jean) and Best Sound in a Documentary (Stéphane Barsalou, Claude Beaugrand, Julie Innes).[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Marc-André Lussier, "Le Château : vie et mort d’une châtelaine". La Presse, May 5, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Caroline Montpetit, "«Le Château»: la vieillesse en face". Le Devoir, May 1, 2020.
  3. [3]
    Yves Bergeras, "Le château de Denys Desjardins: l’envers du décor des résidences pour aînés". Le Droit, May 9, 2020.
  4. [4]
    Gabriel Beauchemin, "Nouveau documentaire sur Illico: le parcours de sa mère dans une résidence". TVA Nouvelles, May 4, 2020.
  5. [5]
    Allegra Moyle, "J’ai placé ma mère Review: Love as Lifeblood". Point of View, November 24, 2022.
  6. [6]
    "La déesse des mouches à feu se distingue au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 3, 2021.
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