THE FREE ONES

CANADA 94 MIN, 2020

RUSSIAN PREMIERE

ABOUT

Four detainees are dealing with the end of their prison sentence, in a sawmill. Can a factory job help them to make the necessary transformation and become free men? Hidden from society’s view and through meetings with their instructors, psychotherapists and other participants, we accompany Samuel, Pierrot, Fred and Steve talk about their hopes and fears during this six-month transition period.

DIRECTOR

NICOLAS LÉVESQUE

Canadian photographer and filmmaker. His documentary projects led him to document various parts of the world, between the Americas, Europe and his home in Quebec. His images are the subject of exhibitions and projects of award-winning editions such as LUTTE (Editions la Peuplade) and Derniers souverains (Editions Poètes de Brousse). His documentary film In Guns We Trust was honored Best Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013, as well as Interview with a Free Man, in 2015, produced by the National Film Board of Canada. After his documentary We Hunt Seals, he is currently producing a new documentary film, Les Libres, following the release of detainees in search of a new life. Since 2010, he has collaborated regularly with Télé-Québec, TV5, RDI and Radio-Canada in the production of documentaries for television.

OTHER FESTIVALS

• RIDM / Canada
• Vues sur mer / Canada
• RVQC / Canada
• Dok.fest München / Germany
• Cinéma du Monde / Canada

SECTION

DOKer 2021 — Dok Therapy