A film by Dulcinea Langfelder
Canada | QC | 2022 | FR | Color | 75 min
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A film by Dulcinea Langfelder
Canada | QC | 2022 | FR | Color | 75 min
The film is a cinematic adaptation of Victoria, a work originally created in 1999 for the stage, by Dulcinea Langfelder, pioneer of interdisciplinary stagecraft. Victoria has toured around the world in 7 languages, for over 20 years! Victoria takes on the subject of memory loss and end of life with humour and tenderness. Audiences of all cultures have found solace and solidarity in this work.
For years, Dulcinea has been asked to produce a film version of the show. Now it will be immortalised for generations to come as part of Quebec’s artistic heritage.
Having lost her memory, 90-year-old Victoria lives intensely the present moment, intermingled with memories, imagination, humour and fantasy.
Victoria has lost her memory. In her world, memories are as real as the present. A shadow of herself, Victoria is like a stage performer who’s forgotten her role; a kind of puppet, adapting herself to comic, dramatic and poetic situations as they present themselves. The orderly that takes care of her seems at times to be a friend, a foe, a father, son, brother… significant other…while her wheelchair becomes her rocking chair, her prison, her tango partner and even a flying chariot.
2023 – International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) – Official Selection – Feature-length films
2023 – Annual Fine Arts Film Festival (FAFF) – Best Narrative Feature
A film by Dulcinea Langfelder, Compagne des arts et des lettres du Québec 2022
With Dulcinea Langfelder and Éric Gingras
Based on an original creation of the same name, Victoria.
Produced Dulcinée Langfelder & Cie
Director of photography
Sandrick Mathurin & Nikita Bershanski
Editing
Dulcinée Langfelder with Mirenda Ouellet & Éric Bilodeau
Assembly
Éric Bilodeau
Sound editing
Nataq Huault with Charlie Poirier-Bouthillette & Ismael Elboujdaini
Sound mixing
Marc Di Tomasso
Colorist
Éric Bilodeau
Special effects
Benjamin Broche
Director assistant
Justine Dorval & Valérie Palombo
1st camera assistant
Benjamin Gagné & Ollyndo Dieubon
2nd camera assistant
Karelle Goguen-Bancel & Laura Torres
Sound recordist
Jordan Valiquette-Labonté & Richard Saidon
Stage technical director
Vincent Santes
Stage technician
Danys Levasseur, Erik Lapierre, Laurent Fournier-Fortin & Patrice Daigneault
Directing consultant
Diane Poitras
Editing consultant
Dominique Sicotte
Graphics
Julie Gauthier
Coordinator
Viktoria Bobovskaia
General manager
Suzanne Bilodeau
Administration and accounting
Julie Messier
Location
Centre culturel Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Videos: Yves Labelle & Jimmy Lakatos
Music:
Opening music by Philippe Noireaut and Dulcinea Langfelder
« Tango » sang by Dulcinea Langfelder | Written and composed by Philippe Noireaut
« Padam, Padam » sang by Dulcinée Langfelder | Written and composed by Norbert Glanzberg and Henri Contet | Licensed from Universal Music Publishing
Group
« My one and only » sang by Fred Astaire | Written and composed by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin | Licensed from Warner Chappell
« Cheek to Cheek » sang by Fred Astaire | Written and composed by Irving Berlin | Licensed from Concord Music
Other music:
Electro acoustic music: Christian Calon
Pianos and arrangements: Philippe Noireaut
Vocals : Dulcinea Langfelder
Mylène Robillard from Centre Culturel Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
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